We usually think of birds as small and delicate, but did you know that some of the biggest birds in the world have special ...

If you’re curious what species is the biggest bird in the world or other types of “big birds,” learn more ... ever recorded ...

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Millions of people around the globe spent some of their childhood watching Big Bird on Sesame Street. The giant, yellow eight ...

Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch ... shape childhood education in the United States and around the world.

Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...

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In the Highlands of Scotland, a series of last-ditch efforts are being used to try to save the critically endangered ...

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poets and musicians, from Chaucer to Wordsworth, from Handel to Respighi. Birdsong can be a natural phenomenon of intense beauty. But our enjoyment is incidental to the main purpose, which is one ...

What is it? It’s a bird dropping. A big bird dropping. From a big bird. I stand up and look around. I’m in the Daintree Rainforest, two hours’ drive up the coast from the seaside city of ...