Researchers at the University of New Mexico have documented the extreme migration of giant hummingbirds, uncovering their ...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Researchers from the University of New Mexico documented the world’s largest hummingbird’s extreme ...
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Geese have a reputation for being aggressive, unpleasant birds, so imagine one that’s more than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall and weighs about 230 kg (507 lb). That’s Genyornis newtoni, an Ice Age "thunder bird" ...
An artistic life reconstruction of Genyornis newtoni, the last of the dromornithids, at the water’s edge Illustration by ...
Perhaps “birdbrained” isn’t such an insult after all –– crows, the ubiquitous urban bird, can vocally count up to four, the ...
One of the pandas being brought to the Smithsonian's National Zoo is the grandson of the pair that left the zoo in 2023.
In the highlands of China, a nocturnal predator is on the hunt for small critters under the cover of darkness. Qiu X-C, Wang J-Z, Xia Z-Y, Jiang Z-W, Zeng Y, Wang N, Li P-P, Shi J-S (2024) ZooKeys In ...
I have a stream in my yard, and I built it myself. I’m not particularly handy, and my urban backyard is tiny. But where there ...
Most high-country gardeners are aware of the risk of planting tomatoes outdoors too early in the season. It only takes one ...
The late ecologist Edward Wilson’s biophilia hypothesis claims that humans have a biologically based inherent need to connect ...
Butterfly hunting is easy at BREC’s Baton Rouge Garden Center.