• Pigeons Are Secretly Brilliant Birds That Understand Space and Time, Study Finds
• ‘Hummingbirds Are Where Intuition Goes to Die’
• It Took Almost 180 Years to Figure Out the Incredible Way Hummingbirds Drink
• Galapagos Finches Caught in Act of Becoming New Species
• Conquest Via Bird Poop: One Island at a Tim…
Country Diary 8
• ‘Having a Bit of a Tinker’: John Clarke, Birds, and the Daily Pleasure of Writing
• Country Diary: Return of the Parish Lengthsman
• Country Diary: Ringing the Changes in the Bird Population
• Country Diary 1967: Sniffing Out Birds at the Sewage Farm
• Country Diary: A Village History Told in Maps
Country Diary 7
• The Village Working Together to Save Britain’s Turtle Doves
• Country Diary: Sleeping Beauty Knew a Thing or Two about Spindle’s Tempting Lipstick Berries
• Country Diary: Brief Encounter with a Woodcock in the Wildwood
• Country Diary: The Cold Is Bitter, But the Views Are Entrancing
• Country Diary: Even Reduced t…
Aussie Trends
• Australians Vote to Name New Sydney Harbor Boat ‘Ferry McFerryface’
• Sydney Ferry Named Ferry McFerryface after ‘Boaty’ Rejected
• There Is Now a Ferry McFerryface Ferry, and the Crew Is Ticked
• Australian Pigeons Have a Specially Evolved Feather to Better Annoy the Heck Out O…
Sly Cockatoos, Ferocious Otters, Irish Wallabies
• What the Heck Are Wallabies Doing in Ireland?
• Hibernating Turtles Are Still Aware of What’s Going on around Them
• Chimps Can Gesticulate with the Best of Them
• Tricky Cockatoos Match Shapes Better Than Primates
• The Bear That Inspired Winnie-The-Pooh
• Ancient Wolf-Size Otter H…
Country Diary 5
• Country Diary 1917: Drizzle and the Dripping, Decaying Wood
• Country Diary: The Wood Pigeons Are on the Move
• Country Diary: Kingfisher Inspires Myth
• Country Diary: A Curious Tower Sends Me over the Edge
Defending the Fauna
• Philippines Trying to Decide Whether to Burn, Crush or Donate $10 Million Worth of Ivory
• Can Farming Rhinos for Their Horns Save the Species?
• Three Elephants in Connecticut Just Got a Lawyer
• Elephants Deserve Legal ‘Personhood,’ New Lawsuit Argues in Connecticut
• Connecticut Lawsuit Is the First to Claim Elephants…
Let’s Talk Turkey
• The Dreaded ‘Turkey Drop’: Here’s Why Couples Break up around Thanksgiving
• Here’s the Deal with All Those Turkeys Terrorizing the Suburbs
• Meet the Turkey’s Glamorous Mexican Cousin
• How to Win the Wishbone Wish
• Why Do U.S. Presidents Pardon Turkeys, Anyway?
• 25 Things You Didn’t Know about Turkeys
Animal Attraction
• A Giant Flock of Birds Inexplicably Descends upon the Lawn of a Laurel, Montana Home
• Thousands of Venomous Portuguese Man O’ Wars Wash Ashore in Australia: ‘It Was the Stuff of Nightmares’
• Thousands of Venomous Sea Creatures Have Invaded Australia’s Shores
• Senility, Storms, Global …
Crows, Crabs, & Guano Grabs
• Crows Are Doing the Best They Can
• Can City Crows Be Trained to Habitually Clean Up Discarded Cigarette Butts?
• Hiring Crows as Street Cleaners
• Very Hungry Snails Are Guarding Coastal Ecosystems Against Climate Change
• Clam Makes Delightful Shlooping Sounds as It Dig…
Country Diary 4
• Top 10 Books about Pastoral Life
• Country Diary: In the Slow Lane of an Old Roman Road
• Country Diary 1917: Passing Companionship in the Wood
• Country Diary: One Spider to Make a Song and Dance About
• Country Diary 1967: Summit Cairn Vandals
• Country Diary: Insects Still Find Sanctuary in the P…
Treedom
• From Tennessee to Japan, Here Are 9 Otherworldly Forest Bathing Destinations
• A Biologist Believes That Trees Speak a Language We Can Learn
• The Wisdom of Trees: Walt Whitman on What Our Silent Friends Teach Us about Being Rather Than Seeming
• When You Think of Freedom, Remember the Charter of the Forest, Not the Ma…
Catitudes
• 10 Fascinating Facts about Owls
• 7 Facts You Didn’t Know about Elephant Trunks
• The Animal Most Likely to Kill You in Each State
• The Aerodynamics of Cheetah Tails
• Once Thought Loners, Cougars Revealed to Have Rich Society
• Pumas Are Not Such Loners After Al…
Tongues, Toes, & Videos
• Scientist Finally Figures Out Why Holes Feel Larger with Your Tongue Than with Your Finger
• Surprise, Your Pinky Toe Does Serve a Purpose
• How Long Can a Person Safely Hang Upside Down?
• How Long to Nap for the Biggest Benefits
• Does Self-Control Deplete over the Course of the Day? Maybe Not, Says New Stud…
Disruptive Evolution
• Birds as Our Spiritual Messengers
• Great Tits May Be Evolving Bigger Beaks. Here’s Why.
• Bird Feeders Might Be Changing Bird Beaks
• Birds Might Be Evolving to Eat from Bird Feeders, Study Says
• See How Human Activity Is Changing Animal Migration Patterns
• The Inner Life of An…
Sounds Strange
• Dangerous Sound? What Americans Heard in Cuba Attacks
• Mass Hysteria May Explain ‘Sonic Attacks’ in Cuba, Say Top Neurologists
• First Recording Emerges of High-Pitched ‘Sonic Weapon’ Linked to Attacks on US Embassy Workers in Cuba
• Listen to the Sound That US Diplomats Heard When Attacke…
More Squirrel Talk
• Squirrels Gone Wild: Their Quirky Behaviors Explained
• Why Is That Squirrel Squawking at Me? Deciphering the Chatter
• Squirrels Are Hardwired to ‘Dance’ When a Car’s Coming
• Squirrels Actually Organize Their Nut Hoard — Here’s Why
• Squirrels Sort Their Nuts Like You Sort Your Fridge
• Squirrels Are Probably More Organized Than You, Stud…
Country Diary 1
• Country Diary: The House Martins Have Taken Their Song and Departed
• Country Diary 1917: Ducks Float Like Toy Birds in the Early Haze
• Country Diary: Dark Trees Guard Even Darker Mysteries
• Country Diary: Solitary Wasp’s Embrace Means the End of the Road
Herd Recently
• Sheep Also Yawn (Contagiously)
• What a Border Collie Taught a Linguist about Language
• To Save the Planet, Scientists Figured out How to Fix Cow Farts
• Why Farmers Treat Cows Like People
• The Secret Logic of Cows
• The Secret Life of Cows
• Cowabunga! Strange Cow Stories
Very Special Delivery
• Parrot Goes Viral after Placing Amazon Order
• Woman Couldn’t Explain Mysterious Amazon Orders until Her Parrot Talked
• Madonna Can’t Convince FedEx She Is Really Madonna
• UPS Denies Delivering Package That Trapped Man in Home
• UPS Driver Accidentally Traps Customer in Flat with Terrible Parcel Placemen…
Birds, Bees, & RentaCarp
• Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces
• New Research Helps Confirm Why Horses Have Single-Toed Hooves
• How Do Albatrosses Fly around the World? (Studies)
• The Bees Behind Your Morning Coffee Might Be in Big Trouble
• Lonely Guests at This Belgian Hotel Can Rent a Goldfish…
Drs. Doolittle Do a Lot
• “Birdman of Gujarat” Has Been Feeding around 3,000 Birds Every Day, for 17 Years
• Chinese “Guardian of Dogs” Has Rescued over 700 Strays in the Last 8 Years
• When Disaster Strikes, the Zoo Must Go On
• The Lesser-Known Side Effects of Natural Disasters
• What Happens to Wild Animals in a Hurricane…