A few years ago, I stopped being afraid of birds and realized that, actually, I really liked them. It just clicked one day. It’s cool that there are so many that I can see relatively close to my house ...

The superb owl. Is this highly searched keyword a simple typo, or does it show just how much the world appreciates cool birds? Probably the former, but FTW has room in its heart for football and owls.

Around 45 million people in the U.S. engage in bird watching, according to the National Survey of Fish, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. As one of the fastest-growing hobbies, bird watching ...

What can birds teach us about intelligence? They may have “bird brains,” but they can solve problems, use tools and even share culture. In the next Hot Science – Cool Talks, Dr. Carlos Botero explores ...

Two white-winged doves stood side by side belly-deep in our birdbath under the shade of a sweetgum tree on a brutally hot afternoon with ne’re the hint of a breeze. Doves were suffering, as do all ...

Parrots are absolutely extraordinary pals—there aren't many other pets that can literally talk back to you! Parrots are some of the most intelligent and expressive animals of all, and because they're ...

Last Sunday was the Newburyport Christmas Bird Count. Teams of birders scoured the woods, fields, backyards, thickets, marshes, rivers and ocean from Ipswich to Salisbury counting every bird that they ...

If you have a pet, you know that they will wake you up. It's just something your pet does; they want their breakfast early, they want to play, they want you to look at something. They have no qualms ...

On a riff from a Noel Coward song, only mad dogs and golfers go out in the midday sun. As a birdwatcher, I go out at daybreak when temperatures are at least sufferable. But how do birds covered in ...

Before Matt Reeves introduced Colin Farrell's The Penguin in 2022's The Batman, we could have gotten another incarnation according to Margot Robbie, who plays the DCEU/DCU fan favorite Harley Quinn ...

That’s what a friend told me a few weeks after I moved to the Space Coast in 1999. It was a gorgeous almost-spring day, and we were sitting outside enjoying a cocktail, sunshine and a cool ocean ...