Pretty much everybody in New Jersey knows the blue jay. Its Latin name is Cyanocitta cristata, said to mean “noisy blue bird with a crest.” That describes it pretty well, except that the breast and ...

When it comes to the smartest bird, we humans still have a lot to learn. Bird intelligence comes in many forms, and scientists are finding that many species exhibit intelligence similar to that of ...

Archaeologists have cooked and prepared five wild birds using only fire, their hands and stone tools to learn more about the culinary abilities of Neanderthals. The experiment shows it took ...

In parts of the ocean where sea otters face stark competition for their favorite kinds of food, some otters are getting by with the help of tools — like rocks and even glass bottles — that let them ...

Millions of birds will migrate over Washington state's night sky, with peak activity expected in late September.

(CNN) — Many types of birds — such as hummingbirds, peacocks and parrots — are vividly colorful, but birds-of-paradise are especially flamboyant with hues of emerald, lemon, cobalt and ruby. Now, ...

Primates, birds, and elephants are all known to make tools, but examples of tool use among marine animals are much more limited. Reporting in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on June 23, a team ...