The rejuvenating effects of controlled fire are critical to the vibrancy of many plant communities and wildlife habitat, but its use is often misunderstood, especially when used as a tool in early ...

Ruby-throated hummingbirds fly non-stop across the Gulf of Mexico to reach the best breeding grounds first. Hummingbirds ...

We like to think that animals follow the crowd. If most of the group does something, surely the individual will copy. But what if the story is more complicated? What if the deciding factor isn't just ...

Warble-duets seem linked to active territory-defense. Physical-fights in the wild were always preceded by warble-duets. Playback-experiments also showed that parrots increased warble-duets when ...

Imagine walking into a courtroom and seeing a cage near the witness stand. Inside sits a bright, alert parrot whose owner was ...

With a few minutes of searching, anyone can find videos online of chatty birds: macaws talk to their keepers, cockatoos sing ...

Benjamin Beck, an authority on "tooling," offers a state-of-the art clarification of this fascinating behavior and why it's ...

Abstract: Virtual reality (VR) tools represent current interactive computerized simulation tools. The application of VR can provide immersive simulations by facilitating hands-on exploration and ...

This scarecrow is funny but also super effective. Experts explain why it works so well and how to make one to guard your crops.

Rooks are smart enough to use tools and solve puzzles, and at one theme park they even learned to clean up human trash.