As winter takes hold, look no further than the National Aviary as the place to trade gloomy weather for tropical splendor. The new season “Seaside Escape” showcases the magnificence of all the ...

Did you know that the only poisonous bird in the world is the Hooded Pitohui? It carries toxins in its skin and feathers. Birds are amazing creatures. There are over 11,000 species worldwide. They ...

PHILADELPHIA—A book on tropical birds that recently won the 2010 International Book Award for best interior design relied heavily on the scientific expertise and hundreds of bird images from the ...

COLUMBUS , Ohio – In the steamy tropics, even the birds find the pace of life a bit more relaxed, research shows. Tropical birds expend less energy at rest than do birds living in more northern ...

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or 'cold-blooded' animals such as amphibians, reptiles ...

Valentine’s Day may be a few weeks away; however a number of new tropical birds are already in the mood for romance at the Stratford Butterfly Farm. Rescued from Rutland Water Butterfly Farm which has ...

Corey Tarwater (third, from left), an associate professor in the University of Wyoming Department of Zoology and Physiology, shows members of the bat research team from the Smithsonian Tropical ...

Extreme heat poses grave threat to tropical birds The notion that bird populations are steeply declining is not new – a 2019 study found bird populations in the US and Canada have dropped by 30% since ...