Because birds live outdoors, there's an assumption that they're dirty and harbor many insect pests among their feathers. But this is very wide of the mark: Birds are as clean as cats, spending almost ...

Despite their famously fancy feathers, flamingos don't spent more time preening than other waterbirds, new research shows. Despite their famously fancy feathers, flamingos don't spent more time ...

The more we study nonhuman animals (animals) the more we learn about how sophisticated some of their behavior truly is. In many species it takes both parents to successfully rear their youngsters ...

Despite their famously fancy feathers, flamingos don’t spent more time preening than other waterbirds, new research shows. Scientists watched five of the world’s six flamingo species to see how they ...