A flock of quirky fake birds have appeared in a U.S. national park. The papier-mâché sage-grouse have been placed in Wyoming ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a ...

This video by @quarterdek_narooma shows these already quirky birds doing something even more bizarre. Seabirds are naturals on the water, but why are these pelicans standing in a rainstorm?

Some scientists point to genetic quirks called mutations as possible triggers for its unexpected look. Genes involved in ...

Famous for his vast collection of natural history specimens at Tring, Lord Lionel Walter, Baron Rothschild (1868-1937) amassed about 300,000 bird skins and mounts. Lord Lionel Walter, Second Baron ...

One sticky afternoon, he noticed an unusual bird with gaudy black-and-orange feathers entangled in his mist nets. But as Dumbacher tried to set it free, the hooded pitohui scratched him.