Stories tagged "birds"

Chances Of A Lost Pet Being Recovered Increase

Happiness is an emotion, so it is a slippery concept that is difficult to define scientifically. But it is known that brains experience a positive emotional response to obtaining an evolutionarily favorable reward, such as food and sex.

Four new books illuminate the confluence of science, art and ornithology.

Another issue of the online publication that is devoted to bringing you international stories about birds in the news. This issue features a stunning image of a feral Red-crowned Amazon parrot, Amazona viridigenalis, photographed in Texas.

Many wild birds are able to imitate the simple ringtones of mobile telephones, German ornithologists report, underscoring the influence of humans on the evolution of birds. InfosShop News reports.

PetsDo is a great site that has lots of information on pets like dogs, cats, birds and fish. PetsDo also sales pet supplies in their pet store.

Many species of birds undertake seasonal journeys of various lengths, a phenomenon known as Bird migration.

American Goldfinch photo by Old Pirate If you want to attract goldfinches as well as purple and house finches, pine siskins, and redpolls to your backyard,

Just over a month since the Smithsonian Institution announced the discovery of new bird species in Africa, little is still known about the olive-backed forest robin named for its distinctive olive back and rump.

Archosaurs (Greek for 'ruling lizards') are a group of diapsid reptiles that first evolved from Archosauriform ancestors during the Olenekian (Lower Triassic Period).