Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

Learn how to identify bird eggs by color and size. One of the most interesting bird egg facts that despite the broad variety in colors and markings displayed by bird eggs, just two pigments are ...

Here are 14 dragonfly facts that may surprise you. Dragonfly-like creatures were some of the first winged insects to evolve, appearing on the scene roughly 300 million years ago. Modern ...

Past societies developed a range of weird and wonderful explanations for birds’ annual disappearance. Some thought they became barnacles, others that they hibernated in cliffs. As recently as ...

A collection of KS1 Science videos showing some interesting facts about birds, reptiles and mammals. These clips can be used in the classroom to explore how these animals live, hunt and adapt in ...

Aside from their strange horns, these birds also possess some interesting anatomy below the surface. Inside their bones and skin are tons of tiny air sacs that reduce the weight of these large ...

As of December 2024, an outbreak of the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, has spread from California and infected 58 people in seven states. Almost all of them are farm ...

Mary Ann Thomas Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 6:01 a.m. | Monday, Jan. 23, 2023 6:01 a.m. While volunteer bird enthusiasts counted cardinals and robins for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count from Pittsburgh ...

For migrating birds, Kansas truly is a flyover state. This isn't a bad thing, especially for the Topeka Audubon Society. Since 1946, the organization has hosted an annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC ...