The bee hummingbird is the world's smallest bird. It is about 2.25 inches long and weighs less than 2 grams, which is about the same as a cashew nut ...

It’s considered one of the strangest creatures in the bird world. Resembling a hawk on flamingo-like legs, the secretary bird stands out as one of the most unusual birds. Despite its raptor-like ...

While there are over 11,000 bird species in the world, only a select few grow to large sizes. Birds are measured by weight ...

Here, we highlight the characteristics of the fastest birds in the world and the speeds at which they soar. This slate-grey bird migrates long distances to winter in Africa and Asia, reaching ...

Birds from every continent except Antarctica have been photographed nesting or tangled in our rubbish. Photos were submitted by people from all over the world to an online project called Birds and ...

"After all, it's just a Christmas carol ... chickens now are the most abundant bird in the world -- "albeit mostly in cages", as Dr Rasmussen points out. Domesticated chickens quickly attained ...

‘If you take care of the birds, you take care of most of the big problems in the world.’ That’s what Thomas Lovejoy says, and he should know. The famed biologist and ...