Bird species have unique behaviors and preferences. Macaws, for example, use their powerful beaks to tear apart materials that less destructive birds such as canaries show no interest in. Budgies and ...

Pet birds spend the majority of their day on their perch. They don’t lay down or sit on their rump, so the health of their feet is heavily dependent on the perches you provide to them. It’s also a ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The way birds can successfully perch on the Teflon and other materials is teaching researchers how they might create flying robots that ...

Birdbuddy debuted two new smart bird feeders, which are successors to its existing bird feeder options. The Birdbuddy 2 and ...

Four sandpipers congregate on a workbench in the basement of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History. At first glance, the shorebirds look genuine — not unlike the hundreds of taxidermy specimens ...

With feet and legs like a peregrine falcon, engineers have created a robot that can perch and carry objects like a bird. Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike. They can differ in size, shape, and ...

In a twist on seduction in the vegetable world, one South African plant grows a flowerless spear that lets avian pollinators perch within beak shot of the plant’s flowers. Naturalists proposed decades ...