Anderson Cooper, anchor of CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360," has contributed to 60 Minutes since 2006. His exceptional reporting on big news events has earned Cooper a reputation as one of television's ...

In a study, Australian cockatoos figured out that a new food was OK to consume by observing one another, a vivid example of “social learning” in animals. By Kate Golembiewski By watching their peers, ...

Exactly how did birds evolve from dinosaurs? It’s a mystery that has been with us for more than 150 years, and palaeontologists are still hunting for pieces of the puzzle today. Among them is the ...

The following is an edited extract from The Story of Birds: A New History From Their Dinosaur Origins To the Present I will never forget my first dinosaur wing. I was a college student, on my first ...

In “The Story of Birds,” the familiar creatures in our skies and backyards are reintroduced as the last surviving dinosaurs. The following is an excerpt from “The Story of Birds: A New History from ...

European Great Tits and 36 other bird species on the continent are more afraid of women than they are of men, according to a recent study—and researchers have no idea why. In the study, men could get ...

Between March and June, millions of migratory birds head north along the North American flyways. These skyward paths have been used for millennia. But as human-made structures have proliferated, birds ...

HARLEYVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) — A small, bright yellow bird took center stage in the Lowcountry Monday, as Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill officially designating the Prothonotary Warbler as South ...

Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt has died at the age of 68 after a long battle with brain cancer. Larry Bird, who presented Schmidt at his Hall of Fame induction, called him one of the ...

While mysteries and unsolved problems drive discovery and progress, greater advancement takes place when people have a common agreement about the fundamental foundation and design of life. Such an ...

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Hong Kong and Singapore, two Asian wildlife trade hubs, imported more than a million live wild birds, nearly two-thirds from Africa between 2006 and 2020, according to a new analysis of customs data.