With a few minutes of searching, anyone can find videos online of chatty birds: macaws talk to their keepers, cockatoos sing ...

Just weeks after a mountain lion wandered into San Francisco, state officials voted to permanently protect populations of the charismatic predators that prowl the coastal mountains between the Bay ...

At coastal colonies, Arctic Terns operate as a coordinated warning system. The Wildlife Trusts describes colonies as noisy for a reason: when young are at risk, adults dive at intruders with sharp ...

Scientists are warning that a little-known group of microbes called free-living amoebae may pose a growing global health threat. Found in soil and water, some species can survive extreme heat, ...

Birdwatching, or birding, is a hobby that doesn’t end. It’s not like tennis, with matches and sets, or woodworking, where you can look back on a finished project with pride. Instead, it is all about ...

The Magpie bird is making its way as an available pet for you to add to your growing collection in Adopt Me, but only for a limited time. You'll want to act fast to make sure you're ready to adopt ...

Pūkeko use sound elements to create calls and combine them to create complex call sequences in order to expand the range of options for expressing themselves—these are the findings of an international ...

People living and working near an intersection in Huntington Beach described as dangerous are calling on officials for safety improvements. One nearby resident, Craig McCoy, says the intersection of ...

Sometimes I catch myself classifying birds into two categories: fancy and regular. Shame on me. This is a bad attitude, because all birds are gorgeous little creatures. But I fear, after all these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A southern cassowary stands on a beach at Etty Bay in Queensland, Australia. These endangered birds can live up to 50 years.

Towering at five and a half feet tall, sprinting up to 31 miles per hour, and leaping up to seven feet off the ground, cassowaries are the stuff of legends. They are the third largest bird in the ...