Ben Hoare discovers the extraordinary birds that defy nature’s norms – from hibernation to one that behaves like a cow.

Increasing demand for cow gallstones from mainland China and Hong Kong have made it one of the world’s most valuable ...

The investigative minds at How to Survive document the terrifying encounters with the "world's most dangerous bird" and how to use a tree or backpack to block its dagger-like middle claw.

Ever seen a sparrow running around your garden, scurrying around, and wonder if T. rex used to do the same? Well, birds are not only related to dinosaurs, but they are also dinosaurs, the last ...

Flightless birds are among the most fascinating creatures on Earth. Having evolved in environments with few natural predators, many of these birds gradually lost the ability to fly but developed other ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the bird’s survival. A southern cassowary stands on a beach at Etty Bay in ...

Bird beaks come in an amazing array of shapes and sizes, each adapted to a specific way of feeding. While many are built for delicate tasks, such as sipping nectar, others are lethal tools. Here are ...

Dinosaurs, fortunately for most of us, are extinct, but we share the planet with some of their relatives, and those family members are being celebrated in Washington on Saturday at the Smithsonian ...

A cassowary chick has been born at the Paignton Zoo in the United Kingdom for the first time in 21 years. Getty Images/iStockphoto A rare cassowary chick has been born in the United Kingdom. It the ...

A rare chick known as the "world's most challenging bird species" to breed has been hatched at a UK zoo for the first time in 21 years. Paignton Zoo in Devon celebrated the first breeding of the ...