Bird species have unique behaviors and preferences. Macaws, for example, use their powerful beaks to tear apart materials that less destructive birds such as canaries show no interest in. Budgies and ...

Pet birds spend the majority of their day on their perch. They don’t lay down or sit on their rump, so the health of their feet is heavily dependent on the perches you provide to them. It’s also a ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The way birds can successfully perch on the Teflon and other materials is teaching researchers how they might create flying robots that ...

With feet and legs like a peregrine falcon, engineers have created a robot that can perch and carry objects like a bird. Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike. They can differ in size, shape, and ...

Four sandpipers congregate on a workbench in the basement of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History. At first glance, the shorebirds look genuine — not unlike the hundreds of taxidermy specimens ...

New research sheds light on the world's most specialised bird perch. The researchers suspect that the vertical, branchless stem of a South African plant - locally called the Rat's Tail - has evolved ...

BIRDWATCH Ireland observers are concerned, but not necessarily alarmed, at the return of an infection which, literally, knocks some birds off their perches or, rather, from their favourite garden ...

TRADITIONAL reforestation relies heavily on tree planting in degraded areas, demanding significant labor and financial resources for both planting and nurturing seedlings. Forests possess inherent ...