Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Everywhere we go, we are surrounded by birds. We eat them, ...

A new theory of the origin of birds, traditionally believed to be driven by the evolution of flight, is now being credited to the emergence of enlarged skeletal muscles in birds. Their upright ...

Thanksgiving is upon us, as families and friends gather for food, drink and conversation. The latter can be fraught with risk, of course — politics and religion have long been out of the question, and ...

“A convergence of art and science; accessibility and erudition; old and new — without compromise and without apology.” This is how neo-Renaissance 'birdwoman' Katrina van Grouw introduces her ...