Soldiering through nightly suspended animation, a (nearly) all-sugar diet, backwards flight and long migrations, the birds’ ...

为什么鸟儿站在树上睡觉不会掉下来呢？这与鸟类特殊的腿部结构有关。鸟类蹲下时，它会拉伸与脚趾相连的肌腱，带动脚趾合拢。所以鸟儿在睡觉时， 它的爪子会毫不费力地弯曲并紧紧抓住树枝，直到腿部伸直，爪子才会松开。

Shrikes, often called 'butcher birds,' exhibit unique hunting behaviors by impaling prey on sharp objects like thorns and ...

Over the years Debbie Harry’s precision-chiselled features have been captured in museum-worthy portraits by numerous artists, ...

Swedish design studio Addi has created an alternative to conventional waiting-area furniture – a minimalist log-like perch where users can rest for a moment in lieu of taking a proper seat.

The Giant Kingfisher is a true ‘fisherman’ with a strong preference for fish. It hunts from a perch, diving fast and ...

By Adewale Adeoye This September marks the 138 years of the end of Kiriji War, the civil strife in Yorubaland that lasted for ...

NASA is looking for ideas on what to do with the Astrobee drones flying around the International Space Station (ISS).… The ...

Little lizards that wear snout bubbles underwater really do seem to be using them as tiny scuba tanks. Water anoles (Anolis ...

Charlotte’s Mad About Modern home tour returns, showcasing some of the best historic midcentury modern homes in the city.

We’re on the Friday morning shuttle to Santorini; specifically, to Nobu Hotel, whose inaugural holistic astrology retreat ...

Aotearoa New Zealand is a land of birds, from the smallest of wrens to the mightiest of moa. The ancestors of some species ...