Downy Woodpeckers get overlooked because the whole bird can feel sparrow-sized when it clings to thin twigs. It often visits suet and sunflower feeders, then darts to the far side of a branch where ...

A new ladybird beetle species was hiding in plain sight on a Japanese campus, exposing how easily even well-studied insects ...

The acorn woodpecker’s social structure, known as clans, consists of a dozen or more birds that will include breeding pairs ...

Have you ever wished you could swim like a fish? How about speak like one? In a paper recently published in the Journal of ...

The researchers found that caterpillars perceive both, though they had a 10- to 100-fold greater reaction to airborne sound ...

Behavior can confirm the ID when color is seen only in flashes. Vermilion flycatchers often hunt from an exposed perch, ...

Few sights feel as wild and lively as the rapid tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker at work on a tree trunk. For garden lovers who ...

For most Super Bowl advertisers, the math is brutal but simple: Spend more than $7 million on a national spot and hope your ...

Some birds do not match the standard idea of what a bird should look like. Their colors, proportions, or features can feel ...

Caterpillars hear sound through tiny body hairs, not ears, helping them detect predators and inspiring microphone technology.

No ears, no problem. The tobacco hornworm caterpillar, a common garden pest, can actually detect airborne sound via microscopic hairs on its body, according to a team of faculty and graduate students ...

Bats are some of the most misunderstood mammals on the planet. While some do drink blood, the vast majority enjoy a diet of ...