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Birds

Fleeting Wonders: A 64-Year-Old Bird Becomes a Mother Again

Ella Morton December 1, 2015

How to be a Bird Pick-Up Artist

Andy Wright December 1, 2015

More Severe Storms Are Throwing off Bird Migration

Tao Tao Holmes November 24, 2015

A Wild Male Turkey's mating dance.

How to Seduce a Turkey: The Bizarre Poultry Sex Experiments of the 1960s

Natalie Zarrelli November 24, 2015

'An Ostentation of Peacocks,' and Other Flowery Ways Medieval Hunters Grouped Birds

Eric Grundhauser November 24, 2015

Bird watching with binoculars.

How Early Feminists Helped Revolutionize Birding

Jaya Saxena November 24, 2015

The Eagle Map of the United States. (Image: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division)

According to this 1833 Map, Americans Lived in a Giant Eagle

Ella Morton November 23, 2015

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s both at the same time!

Nobody Wins The War Between Birds and Planes

Cara Giaimo November 20, 2015

Fleeting Wonders: A Tap-Dancing Songbird

Ella Morton November 20, 2015

Starlings on a telegraph pole

The Epic 1959 Battle Between a New York Town and Thousands of Starlings

Andy Wright November 20, 2015

In Defense of the Cassowary, the Maligned Killer of the Bird World

Eric Grundhauser November 20, 2015

See a 400-Year-Old Book Made Entirely from Feathers

Anika Burgess November 20, 2015

Fleeting Wonders: Thanksgiving Turkeys in Every Color of the Rainbow

Jess Zimmerman November 19, 2015

9 Beautiful Portraits of Rescued Owls

Anika Burgess November 19, 2015

Wawa Goose

This giant roadside goose has been hailing travelers into a small Ontario town for over 50 years.

A male Superb Lyrebird

The Strange Bird That Mimics Chainsaws, Car Horns and Human Voices

Natalie Zarrelli November 18, 2015

Crows Are Smart, But Are They Smart Enough to Fall in Love?

Eric Grundhauser November 18, 2015

You’re Not a True Australian Until You’ve Been Dive-Bombed By a Magpie

Ella Morton November 18, 2015