Residents at a Carterton care home have shared how the home's pet budgies "spread and bring cheer" every day. Brize Meadow Lodge introduced the birds in 2023, when a resident named Peggy moved in with ...

Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the levels of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects ...

Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays. Now, it turns out that many species also have ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

such as parrots and budgies, such as a viral infection. In addition, people can also show an allergic reaction to feathers and other bird products. This condition is often called pigeon fanciers ...

Barbara Held and David Bellows are bird people, although he didn’t become one until a tiny yellow parakeet came into their ...

In most species of birds-of-paradise, males have the ability to glow to attract mates, adding another element to their ...

Using tiny transmitters strapped to the birds' backs, they were repeatedly tracked flying down motorways before circling round city ring roads and even turning right and left at main junctions ...

Not all pets are lucky enough to grow up in a safe environment. Here we present some animals with whom fate has not been so ...

A: Before we calculate CBC trends for a species, we divide the raw number of birds counted by a function that describes the statistical relationship between effort spent and birds counted. Then we ...