Birds

Why do blackbirds always dive in front of my car? © Daniel Bright

Why do blackbirds always dive in front of my car?

Bird behaviour revealed using Alan Turing's mathematical models © Getty Images

Bird behaviour revealed using Alan Turing’s mathematical models

Science Focus Book Club: Further reading on birdwatching and biodiversity © Amy Barrett

Science Focus Book Club Further reading on birdwatching and biodiversity

200 million-year-old fossil shows dinosaur 'walked like a guineafowl' © Getty Images

200 million-year-old fossil shows dinosaur ‘walked like a guineafowl’

Adelie penguins are more successful with less sea ice © Getty Images

Adelie penguins are more successful with less sea ice

Wildfires can destroy habitats but diversify bird song © Getty Images

Wildfires can destroy habitats but diversify bird song

The pinkest flamingos are the most aggressive, study finds © Amy Barrett

The pinkest flamingos are the most aggressive, study finds

Re-introduce insects to cities to help urban birds, scientists say © Getty Images

Re-introduce insects to cities to help urban birds, scientists say

Mushrooms in the forest of Ordesa's national park, Huesca Spain.

The wood-wide web 5 complex networks found in nature

© David Tipling

14 stunning photos of birds making incredible journeys across the Earth

19 beautiful pictures from the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2020 competition © Jesslyn Saw

19 beautiful pictures from the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2020 competition

Feel-good Friday: Positive news from the world of science and tech © Getty Images

Feel-good Friday Positive news from the world of science and tech - 24 April 2020

Birds cool their beaks when food is scarce to save energy © Getty Images

Birds cool their beaks when food is scarce to save energy

Are camouflaged animals aware that they can only hide in certain environments? © Getty Images

Are camouflaged animals aware that they can hide only in certain environments?

Meet 'Wonderchicken', the oldest fossil of a modern bird (Dr Daniel Field from Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences with a 3D printed version of the Wonderchicken skull © Dr Daniel J Field/ PA)

Meet ‘Wonderchicken’, the oldest known fossil of a modern bird