Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) and are the only animals with feathers. Although all birds have wings, a few species can't fly.

What is a partridge? Plump, midsize birds with curved bills, partridges live in a variety of habitats around the world, including forests, grasslands, and rocky plains.. Despite what you may have ...

2025年1月6日 · In the U.S., at least 66 people have caught the virus, most through direct contact with birds or cows. In December, a child in Marin County who drank raw (i.e. unpasteurized) …

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2025年3月4日 · For centuries, researchers have pondered how starlings travel in those gorgeous shape-shifting clouds. The answers continue to surprise them. A convergence of starlings …

2025年2月12日 · Bird flu continues to make headlines in the United States, and the longer it lingers, the greater danger it poses to humans. H5N1, the strain of avian influenza A that’s …

These birds nap while they fly—and other surprising ways that animals sleep

2025年2月4日 · The average chicken egg can fit comfortably in the palm of your hand.This rare, fossilized specimen from National Geographic’s historical collection is more than 100 times …