It is not a real surprise that the smallest birds in the world belong to the family Trochilidae, commonly known as hummingbirds. However, even within the hummingbird family, there are large ...

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting ...

According to noted ornithologists, there is only one species of ducks that resembles the rubber variety parodied on a Carnival float. That float, entitled “Mama Duck and Duckies,” is spotted ...