They're some of the strangest birds in the world, known for their bright plumage ... bird from 52 million years ago is shaking up the family tree of the exotic birds. The fossil's weird features ...

In a new book, a curator at England's Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house ...

Find out why these raptor bird species, including hawks, owls, falcons and more, are some of the most captivating birds of ...

Birds became the world's master musicians in order to convey ... Song allows the bird to "speak" better than and other family of creatures. It is the perfect medium for communicating over long ...

Birds have favorite places, just like people. Although some birds seem to live just about everywhere, most birds prefer a specific type of habitat. That’s because the land and plants of an area ...

The bird was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago, and rapidly spread around the world, to be used for meat and eggs. In the 1950s the "chicken-of-tomorrow programme" was launched to produce ...

Sometimes called the “northern nightingale,” this is a bird species where the male lays claim to the best singing. This ...

‘If you take care of the birds, you take care of most of the big problems in the world.’ That’s what Thomas Lovejoy says, and he should know. The famed biologist and ...

"It's birds throughout the world that the Houston Zoo is helping to save in the wild." The first of the aviaries is the North American Woodlands exhibit, which features about 30 individuals from ...

Birds of the World is the final animal exhibit supported ... The 38-year-old said her family are zoo members and try to trek down to Hermann Park at least once a month to see the animals.

and North American woodlands will be at the Houston Zoo’s new “Birds of the World” exhibit which opens this Friday. The new exhibit provides fanned and shaded areas for visitors as they take ...