Today we meet the northern jacana, a little water bird with huge feet and an interesting sex life. The northern jacana (Jacana spinosa) is known as the cirujano, mulita, or gallito de agua in Spanish.

It’s a beautiful spring day, so you decide to go for a nice walk around your neighborhood. You are strolling along the ...

In early 2024, the bird influenza that had been spreading across the globe for nearly three decades did something wholly unexpected: It showed up in dairy cows in the Texas Panhandle. A dangerous ...

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They experienced several physical challenges including 'baby feet,' muscle atrophy, and loss of bone density. Both astronauts will undergo a 45-day rehabilitation program in Houston to readjust to ...

He says while face masks in a coot's nest may provide a soft surface for laying eggs, the elastic bands can easily entangle the birds' feet, making the nest a potentially harmful place instead of ...

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The underarm region no doubt gets the full lather, rinse, repeat treatment. Your feet, by virtue of being located at the end of your body, can be easy to overlook. However, according to some ...

Even among the most durable migratory bird pairings, sexual exclusivity is rarely part of their relationship Nathan H. Lents, Undark For generations, anthropologists have argued whether humans are ...

After completing the health check, blue and silver identification bands marked with numbers and letters are placed around the birds' feet. Three bald eagle chicks are temporarily removed from ...