March is a great time of year for people across the United States. The snow begins to melt, temperatures rise, and many birds ...

Another is the ear-splitting cacophony of said colony. Although not all of us will be lucky enough to hear this din for ourselves, a recent video taken by adventurer Chris Long brought it to life ...

That particular title goes to a time-lapse of a chick developing from an embryo inside an egg. Fielding found himself ...

An ode to my neighbor’s rooster ...

Newborn chicks match “kiki” with spiky shapes and “bouba” with round ones, revealing the curious bouba-kiki effect in animals.

A new study suggests these clever birds learn to recognize predators by eavesdropping on the adults around them. By linking adult alarm calls to unfamiliar sounds, nestlings form a list of threats ...

According to new research, jackdaw (two species of bird in the genus Coloeus) chicks listen to their elders—but there’s also ...

Now at this point, it would be understandable if you were picturing just a big cup full of freezing cold ranch dressing. Thankfully, that’s not the case. The ranch sounds like more of a little ...

Young jackdaw chicks can learn about predators before leaving the nest by listening to alarm calls from adult birds.

Jackdaw chicks learn about predators by listening to adults, reveals new research. Scientists played recordings of predator ...

A surprising new study shows that baby chickens react the same way that humans do when tested for something called the "bouba-kiki effect," which... Baby chicks link certain sounds with shapes, just ...

When people are shown a spiky shape next to a rounded one and asked which shape is called "kiki" and which one is "bouba," people from all kinds of cultures overwhelmingly associate "bouba" with the ...