Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

March 24 (Reuters) - Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to ...

How Big Brains and Flexible Skulls Led to the Evolution of Modern Birds Mar. 17, 2025 — New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use ...

Cristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics for decades This portrait of Cristina Roccati (left) is by the ...

The animal world is always full of surprises. Even a long-studied species can hold a few secrets hidden between their fur or ...

Ramirez are creating brilliant work that can’t be grouped into the often limiting cis-male/-female category—and ... depictions of young women (okay, birds) over three seasons.

Female pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) is the most common cause of hair loss in women, but there are many other potential causes. Some effective treatment options are available. Hair loss ...

But in-between the pair's arrivals, female 1H1 - who normally calls Rutland home in the spring and summer months - also landed at the nest. Birds of Poole Harbour, the conservation charity leading ...

From subversive subject matter to affairs of the heart, the best female songwriters are often the most insightful, as this list proves. Women have been at the songwriting frontlines for decades ...

The best female guitarists of all time prove that the guitar isn’t just for phallic fretwork and cock-rock grandstanding. The good news about the best female guitarists is that there are too ...