Birds

Jackdaws learn from each other which humans are dangerous © Guill McIvor/University of Exeter

Jackdaws learn from each other which humans are dangerous

Seagulls: are they getting more aggressive? © Getty Images

Reality Check Are seagulls getting more aggressive?

Squirrels eavesdrop on birds to check for predators © Getty Images

Squirrels eavesdrop on birds to check for predators

Barn owls' bright white plumage used for startling prey © Alexandre Roulin/PA

Barn owls’ bright white plumage used for startling prey

Carrion Crow vocalizing Image Credit: Tobias Machts

Songbirds consciously control their calls

Seven animals that really shouldn’t fly but do © Getty Images

Flying animals 7 gravity-defying creatures

Snowball the dancing cockatoo can bust out 14 different dance moves

Snowball the dancing cockatoo can bust out 14 different dance moves

Exotic migratory birds identified in Peru’s mysterious Nazca lines © Getty Images

Exotic migratory birds identified in Peru’s mysterious Nasca lines

Do birds fart? © Getty Images

Do birds fart?

Down on the farm: six unusual studies on our favourite livestock © Getty Images

Weird science Six unusual studies on farm animals

Tiny, bat-winged dinosaur sheds light on the origin of flight © Chung-Tat Cheung

Tiny, bat-winged dinosaur sheds light on the origin of flight

Fossil of first known perching bird found © Lance Grande/Field Museum

Fossil of first known perching bird found

What to spot in this year's Big Garden Birdwatch © Getty images

What to spot in this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch

Where do birds sleep? © Getty Images

Where do birds sleep?

How do parrots 'talk'? © Getty Images

How do parrots ‘talk’?