Flooded cornfields near the Tennessee River in northern Alabama are a paradise for birders who flock to see tens of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes every winter.

The author thinks woodcock are the “best Mulligan bird around.” Here, an American wooodcock or “timberdoodle” demonstrates ...

Timing is everything. When BMW launched an M5 Touring to the world in 1992, the first time the badge had been on an estate ...

The first pterosaurs had a sail-like tensioning system for flying with potentially cumbersome tail vanes, which they could ...

These terrifying arachnids, commonly known as camel spiders, use powerful scissoring jaws to slowly devastate their prey.

The Hoatzin, also known as the “stinkbird” or “Canje pheasant,” is a fascinating bird native to the swamps, mangroves, and ...

Birds do have ears, but they don’t have external ears. So, unlike humans and our big ear flaps (that came from gills, dontcha know ?) they have, well, just a hole really. They’re not out in the open ...

North America’s tallest bird is also one of its rarest. Seeing one in the wild can be the pursuit of a lifetime.

Laboratory analyzes nature and how it’s related to engineering, drawing real-world applications from concepts like specific ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay.

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating behaviors among insects and arachnids.

Birds of prey in medieval Britain relied far more heavily on scavenging human waste than previously thought, according to ...