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For more than 20 years now, I’ve covered a route on Martha’s Vineyard that is part of the U.S. Geologic Survey’s Breeding ...
The Department of Agriculture has issued a warning after a strain of avian influenza - or bird flu - was detected in a number ...
A woman brought bird lovers to a standstill with her wholesome "bird watching" experiment as she became a human bird feeder.
Back in 2022, wildlife biologists confirmed that a community of wild, sulfur-crested cockatoos in Sydney, Australia had learned how to open the lids of curbside trash bins on garbage day in order to ...
This past April, a Good Samaritan in Australia left a gym class and noticed something strange. A pair of birds stood out in ...
Wild cockatoos learn to open bins by copying others—first evidence of social learning. Only decades ago, such cultural behaviors were thought to be a uniquely human trait.
A team of animal behaviorists at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, working with a colleague from Western Sydney University, in Australia, has discovered that wild cockatoos ...
Brazil's vast and diverse geography, with the Amazon to the north, mountain ranges along the Atlantic coast and the Andes to ...
Since their release into the wild just over six months ago, the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project (MFBRP) has carried out ...
And the sulphur-crested cockatoo is taking it on the chin (well, beak). A screenshot from the researcher’s video, showing the cockatoos drinking from a water fountain. Image credit: Klump et al, ...
The natural history museum includes interactive exhibits, including one that lets visitors experience a bird's-eye view in virtual reality.