For centuries, scientists have observed that animals in warmer climates have longer limbs—a pattern known as Allen's Rule.

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census which will celebrate its ...

A recent revolutionary study reveals how mice have evolved in an incredible way. They can ‘hear’ through their whiskers. The ...

The contrast between quail, cormorant and eagle was striking, and I wondered, why do birds have different kinds of wings and flight patterns? When you consider that there are over 9,000 species ...

According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such as gliding, soaring, hovering or flapping in the most effective ways. The ...

Two recent scientific studies estimate that billions of birds die from collisions with sheet glass each year in the U.S. alone.

I was on top of a butte in Island Park, high enough that the vultures were often below me. They displayed their incredible ...

A quail taking flight is somewhat like a rock with a bad set of wings as these pudgy birds madly flap, exerting great effort to get off the ground. On a backcountry hike I enjoyed a much different ...

[wings flapping ... see the bats will be in August, September, even into October. [upbeat music] All right, little Rico. Happy life little buddy. There you go. [upbeat music] [bird chirping ...