Africa's secretary bird, a raptor with crane-like legs, delivers powerful, precise kicks to subdue prey like snakes. New ...

The African savanna is home to many amazing and unique animals, including the secretary bird. This striking creature may look like it’s dressed for a fancy masquerade ball, but don’t expect it to be a ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting decor choice. Researchers find that for some birds, it keeps predators at bay. When a bird drapes its nest with snake ...

In the open grassland of Africa, a bird roams; it doesn't hunt like general birds with their beak but with its lightning fast ...

Snakeskin decor is a bold interior design choice—but for some birds, it's literally a matter of life and death. This is the conclusion of researchers from New York's Cornell University, who found ...

Scientists in the UK have found that a bird of prey native to sub-Saharan Africa can deliver precise and powerful kicks with a force five times its own body weight; enough to kill venomous snakes in ...

Source: Francis C. Franklin, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license. In what’s referred to as Batesian mimicry, harmless species can protect themselves from predators by ...

Q: My husband was excited when he witnessed a robin building a nest by recycling a shed skin from a snake that lives at the foundation of our house in Clarksville, Tennessee. We're not sure exactly ...

When we hear a sound associated with a particular object, we are primed to see that object too. The ability to visualise something in this way was once thought to be unique to humans. But some birds ...