The house cat has changed little since its domestication eight to twelve thousand years ago. We have always valued our feline companions for their help in controlling rodents, and their ability to ...

Like ourselves, birds need to sleep to rest, recover from their activities, and remove waste built up in the brain. The way they sleep is actually pretty similar to ourselves, although these ...

Woodpeckers are interesting birds from the Picidae family, including wrynecks, piculets and sapsuckers. The Picidae family is large, consisting of over 230 birds. Woodpeckers are distributed across ...

Peacocks are male peafowl, of which there are three species. The Indian peafowl is the most famous and widely known peafowl, and the male is much-revered for its spectacular iridescent plumage. There ...

When it comes to dining, the Common Buzzard of British countryside fame isn't particularly fussy - its menu changes with the seasons, the weather, and whatever happens to be abundant. As the UK's most ...

Ostriches are the largest birds on the planet. At over 2m tall, they tower over other birds, humans, and many other large animals. In addition to holding the record as the biggest bird, ostriches are ...

Australia is a continent of extremes. Bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the east and the Indian Ocean on the west, this vast land has a high diversity of habitats, from snow-covered peaks to tropical ...

Crows are highly social birds, often seen in pairs or part of larger family groups. They form intense bonds with their chosen mates, bringing food gifts for each other and engaging in mutual preening.

Crows have a reputation as being not only highly intelligent birds, but also very social ones. The loud, intense cawing of a crow is an unmistakable sound, and is used as a form of communication ...

Owls are well known for their nocturnal lifestyle, hunting (and hooting) throughout the night and resting out of sight during daylight hours. Other nocturnal species, including Nighthawks, Nightjars, ...

Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii) and the Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) are both common and widespread birds of prey in North America. These birds occupy a wide range of habitats and are no ...

To keep up with the growing human population and the increasing requirements for housing and industry, large areas of countryside have been lost to development, and with it, significant areas of ...