Early modern humans and their predecessors in Europe were mostly big game hunters, but a pile of well-nibbled bird bones suggests that at least some prehistoric European cavemen enjoyed small prey too, according to a new study.

FLAGSTAFF Hill's famous Loch Ard Peacock may soon be recognised as a state treasure if its nomination for the Victorian Heritage Register is approved.

It's one of the most expensive and technologically-complex machines in the world, but that didn't prevent the Large Hadron Collider from coming a cropper thanks to our feathered friends.

Legends from New Zealand held that there was a large predator bird, known as pouakai, that was big enough to carry human beings off to its nest or den. Some people associated stories of Pouakai with the giant flightless Moa, extinct in 1773. Others

Mother Nature does not "naturally" recombine bird, swine and three human influenza viruses. Today, the stage is set for eugenics and genocide on a truly massive scale. What is occurring now is inexcusable and criminal in the extreme.

Whole "chunks of life" are lost in extinction events, as related species vanish together, say scientists. The finding is based on an examination of past extinctions, but could help current conservation efforts.

From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop's fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened

In Aesop's fable about the crow and the pitcher, a thirsty bird adds stones to raise the water level in a pitcher in order to drink from it. Rooks, a relative of the crow, use stones to raise the level of water in a container to reach a floating worm.

Recent studies have shown that birds sporting brightly colored plumage are more susceptible to being infected with feather-eating bacterium, according to a BBC Earth report.

NEW YORK--From the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop's fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened.