A security camera outside a home in Australia captured a family's "close encounter" with the "world's most dangerous bird." The incident prompted warnings from wildlife officials. A mom and child were ...

From nest-hopping to manipulating eggs, the bird world is full of family drama. Biologist Carin Bondar explains the wild side of bird science and what it teaches us about evolution.

From nest-hopping to manipulating eggs, the bird world is full of family drama. Biologist Carin Bondar explains the wild side of bird science and what it teaches us about evolution.

Instead, the real danger, and perhaps the world’s most aggressive bird, is the cassowary. Just looking at the cassowary, it’s pretty easy to see why it would be considered such an aggressive bird.

But birds don't just look different, there's a huge diversity of behaviour in the bird world as well. Some fly, some do not. Some are massive, some are miniscule.

Bird wing shape -- a proxy for long-distance flying ability, or dispersal -- is a trait that influences biodiversity patterns on islands around the world, according to biologists.

Anyone who loves bird watching can tell you that, depending on who’s doing the counting, there are somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 different bird species around the world.