How does climate change influence how birds can adjust to different climate conditions worldwide? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of ...

When the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo mountains become snowcapped, a flurry of bird adaptations sweeps across the foothills. We marvel at the continent-spanning journeys of migratory birds seeking ...

Shows the adaptations of several birds which enable them to obtain food, fly, swim, and live efficiently in certain habitats. Examines the differences in bills adapted for spearing fish, breaking ...

Anyone who has seen a hummingbird poking her beak deep into a trumpet creeper blossom, or a honeyeater using its brush-tipped tongue to extract nectar from eucalyptus flowers, has witnessed something ...

Avian eyes exhibit extraordinary variation in size, shape and internal structure that underpins the remarkable visual capabilities of birds. Many species possess one or more foveae—specialised retinal ...

Moult is a fundamental process by which birds maintain the functional integrity of their plumage. It involves the sequential or simultaneous shedding and regrowth of feathers and is closely ...