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Owls may actually be able to turn their heads a full 360 degrees

Owls are famously good at rotating their heads, but now anatomical findings suggest they really could go a full 360 degrees without injuring themselves

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Sharp decline of African birds of prey puts them at risk of extinction

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Honeyguide birds respond to special calls from human honey-hunters

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Chinstrap penguins take thousands of very short naps every day

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Unknown animals left birdlike footprints long before birds existed

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Striated caracara on the Falkland Islands

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Striated caracara's puzzle-solving matches that of clever cockatoos

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African penguins recognise their partners by the spots on their chest

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Endangered vultures saved from deadly poisoning and electrocution

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Wonthaggi bird tracks affected by modern erosion and marine organisms at Footprint Flats locality.

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Fossil footprints are the oldest traces of birds in Australia

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CAPTION Panels A and B show the side-on and underneath view of a hummingbird passing through an aperture sideways. C and D show the same views of the hummingbird passing thorough an aperture like a bullet with its wings swept back. CREDIT Marc Badger https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-lookup/doi/10.1242/jeb.245643

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Hummingbirds have two amazing ways to fly through tiny gaps

High-speed cameras reveal that hummingbirds fly sideways to fit through narrow openings, or fold back their wings to shoot through like an arrow

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Roosters may be able to recognise themselves in a mirror

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Why birds' eyes can be blue, green, pink or orange

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Chickens made resistant to bird flu with CRISPR gene editing

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Hybrid puffins may have emerged in the 20th century due to warming

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