In Study of Human Patterns, Scientists Look to Bird Brains
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Bird sleep is so mysterious that scientists are considering several answers, all intriguing.
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Birder Mathew Tekulsky reveals the effectiveness of a concealed location for viewing birds, as he describes the behavior of quail and jays in his yard.
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Birds may not be renowned for their intelligence but New Caledonian crows have an instinctive ability to make and use tools, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have been.
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DNA is aiding fossil hunters in the search for human origins by approaching the search for human origins from a different angle.
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Homing pigeons may use a magnetic "map" inside their beaks to navigate, according to new research.
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Scientists use the latest cell staining techniques to create a colourful "brainbow" of the tissues of the brain.
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Imaging the brain during social interaction reveals a deficit that may be tied to a sense of self.
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With its great plains of concrete and endless shopping malls, Long Island would seem an unlikely location for wildlife research. Yet this winter a team of waterfowl biologists will follow
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A person's optimism in the future seems to be controlled by a small front part of the mid-brain, according to a study that used brain imaging.
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A recent behavioral study demonstrated that animals understand and react to the concept of fairness. In the study, monkeys were given unequal rewards for completing equal tasks.
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The ancient family tree where all the world&#39;s birds perch is getting bigger, odder and older, scientists announced Wednesday. In a report in Thursday&#39;s issue of the journal Nature, paleontologists
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Scientists have grown a "brain" in a petri dish that can fly a simulated F-22 fighter airplane. It's all part of a quest to build "living" computers.
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NEW YORK  - While neither men nor women may  be the more intelligent sex, their brains may take different  paths to reach the same intellectual level, according to one  team of researchers.
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Birds are not stupid and their brains are not primitive so it is about time the scientific world gave them full credit, experts said on Monday.
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Researchers have found evidence of a population of chimps that shares plant foods.
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Scientist have always wondered how pigeons manage to be such good navigators and have a &#39;nose for the north&#39; and now a new study has suggested that it is because they have small magnetic particles in their beaks, which helps them detect different magnetic