Songbirds on the UCLA campus changed beak shapes during the pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers suspect it might be a case of rapid evolution.

Out in the wild, staying alive is not only about speed or raw strength. It is about using whatever nature hands you. For birds, that one thing matters more than anything else: their beak. Most of us ...

When COVID-19 lockdowns emptied city streets, urban environments changed almost overnight. New research suggests that Los ...

Dark-eyed juncos are small sparrows found throughout North America. Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In the spring of 2020, when humans were largely hunkered down at home amid ...

At first glance, this mammal looks like a horse gone terribly wrong. But, in reality, Chalicotherium is far from a botched ...

Beaks is a bird catching game on the Roblox platform where you start your journey with a basic equipment bag, rifle and tranquilizer darts, which you can use to catch and sell birds to eventually gear ...

Researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT), working with international collaborators, have shown that people in ...

The brainchild of snowboarder Travis Rice, the Natural Selection Tour showcases the world's top riders, freeriders and freesurfers, slopestyle specialists, film icons and more, all competing on the ...

The all-new first stage of the 2026 Natural Selection Snow season updates the concept with a more collaborative session-style competition fuelled by creativity, highlighting freeride progression. The ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Kick start your New Year with a morning bird and coffee walk at the Humber Arboretum! Bring your travel mug to the Centre for Urban Ecology and fill up with some bird-friendly coffee from Birds and ...

Merlin has been trained to identify the songs of more than 1,300 bird species around the world When Natasha Walter first became curious about the birds around her, she recorded their songs on her ...