Parrots are very, very loud. Kids are very, very sensitive to loud noises. That alone is enough to give the two a complicated relationship, but you also have to add in the fact that kids don't have ...

An uncomfortable truth is that there is another influenza pandemic in humankind’s future. Whether it will be a relative of the lethal avian flu strain currently wreaking havoc in bird populations ...

Looking for a unique adventure near Raleigh that gets the kids off screens, out in nature, and asking questions like “Why does that bird have a spoon-shaped beak?” or “Can a flamingo really sleep on ...

No, birds are not mammals. Rather, they are avians. Mammals are characterized by their milk glands, hair, vertebrae and their birthing of live young (being viviparous), according to Britannica.

Like many student volunteers, the kids in the group Town Belt Kaitiaki look after their neighborhood parks — planting trees, weeding, clearing paths. But they also do something less common: ...

Mark Naniot remembers 2022 as the summer from hell. As the co-founder of Wild Instincts animal rescue in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, Naniot and his team spent the season sweating in gloves, gowns, smocks ...

Birds are very important animals for numerous people around the world as animals who can rewild our hearts and souls. Writer and master naturalist Jessica Mann's riveting new book Uplift clarifies why ...