Before the mass-breeding programs of the early 20th century, turkeys took roughly 28 weeks to get to their full size, growing at an estimated rate of about 0.75 to 1 pound per week, according to one ...
For the past three months the chatter of the Arctic Tern colony has served as the soundtrack of the summer breeding season.
Now that spring is in the air, the UK is starting to see its summer visitors arriving. Ospreys are already back in their nests, chiffchaffs are singing their song to re-establish their territories, ...
The early namers of birds also worked mostly with specimens. Hence names more appropriate for identification in the hand ...
When it comes to what birds have and what humans don’t, your mind might first land on the ability to fly. However, birds are also pretty good at navigating from the air… assuming, that is, they know ...
We’re only halfway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but for our feathered friends, fall migration is underway. The birds that journeyed north for the breeding season to take advantage of the ...
Bird flu-surviving gannets continue to breed but birth rate down, study finds - Researchers believe key reasons include birds ...