Honeyguides are wild birds that team up with humans and then lead them to honey. Researchers recently found that the calls these birds respond to are unique and tied to their location. For example, ...

A small group of birds, the sandgrouse, that dwell in Africa’s forbidding deserts have long mystified and delighted observers because they absorb and carry water in their breast feathers whilst flying ...

A bird stalking African wetlands carries its young in a way so bizarre that witnesses have mistaken it for something far more ...

The honeyguide bird in Africa has a unique relationship with people; it will lead them to trees filled with honeycomb. A new study shows that these wild birds somehow learn the distinct calls used by ...

A wild African bird that will famously lead people to trees filled with honeycomb seems to somehow learn the distinct whistles and calls of the human foragers who live near them. Scientists have long ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black-lored waxbills recently photographed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Manuel Weber / Upemba National Park Lost to ...

Wild Birds Across Colorful Wetlands And Calm Water captures a quiet nature view where shallow pools, winding channels, tall ...

An outbreak of avian flu—a highly contagious viral infection that affects wild birds as well as poultry—has hit poultry farms in South Africa. Two different strains are causing outbreaks in the ...