On a hot day, a few glugs from a park drinking fountain can be a major relief — and some of Sydney’s cockatoos agree. Lucy Aplin — a cognitive ecologist at the Australian National University in ...

Birds are admired for their beauty, songs and flight. But in the wild a beak is far more than a feeding tool as it is a weapon of survival. For some species their beaks are strong enough to crush ...

This week I took a trip not only beyond Destin, but beyond my comfort zone. I must preface this article with the fact that I am terrified of birds; their sharp beaks and talons scare me. But this past ...

Out in the wild, staying alive is not only about speed or raw strength. It is about using whatever nature hands you. For birds, that one thing matters more than anything else: their beak. Most of us ...