This month’s issue covers the reasons it’s so hard to go back to the moon, the science of empathy and new advances in ...

A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name, the reference used worldwide to avoid the confusion a list of local names could offer.

Western animal behaviour and cognition researcher Carrie Branch and her collaborators at University of Oklahoma and ...

Chickadees, those adorable bandit-masked visitors to bird feeders, are among the most familiar and beloved backyard birds in North America. They’re so good at spotting and scolding predators ...

Yet for a long time, scientists couldn’t demonstrate that because it was unclear how to tell exactly if a lion or a crocodile or a mountain chickadee was actually smart or not. Our best shots ...

A flock of chickadees eating at a bird feeder in Fort St. John, British Columbia. Donald Trump Issues Warning to Steve Garvey Amid Senate Seat Race These Are the 5 Colors That Attract Sharks ...

Sparrow weavers in Africa appear to learn distinct building styles that reflect group traditions, research shows. It raises intriguing questions about avian intelligence. By Rebecca Dzombak Birds ...

Allen Cheng receives funding from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council and the Australian Government. He is a member of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on ...

Richard Gregory does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...