In the summer of 1989, Jack Dumbacher was a fresh-faced ornithologist-in-training on his maiden expedition to the lush rainforests of Papua New Guinea. One sticky afternoon, he noticed an unusual bird ...

When you think of poisonous animals, you don't necessarily think of birds first. Snakes, perhaps. Frogs? Maybe. Heck, even poisonous spiders probably spring to mind before birds — which, it should be ...

When you think of poisonous animals, you most likely think of spiders, snakes, deadly frogs, and other creatures like that first. But what you might not know is that there are actually poisonous birds ...

While most of us are aware that poisonous animals exist, we assume we know where to look for them. Me personally, I am always looking for them on the ground. After all, that is where you will often ...

The poisonous birds inhabit one of Earth’s most pristine rainforests, a place as exotic as no other in the world. Hearing the words poisonous and bird coupled will be an eye-opener for most. But ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird, captured ...