Sour foods are often avoided by mammals, but many birds regularly feed on highly acidic fruits. Evolution has provided them with a clever strategy to eat extremely acidic fruit.

University of Southern Maine’s Department of Theatre invites audiences into the dark, unsettling world of Conor McPherson’s “The Birds” from Feb. 21 through March 2 at Russell Hall on the ...

A new study has uncovered how birds evolved to tolerate—and even enjoy—extremely sour foods that most mammals avoid. Published in Science and summarized by the Max Planck Society, the research reveals ...

Malthouse’s new production of The Birds is a thrillingly realised take on the 1952 short story by Daphne Du Maurier. Adapted by Louise Fox and directed by Matthew Lutton, this vivid realisation ...

Their feathers, roosting behaviors and adaptability help birds survive the cold, “nature’s proving ground.” By Margaret Roach Winter mornings begin at David Sibley’s Deerfield, Mass ...

Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” Researchers aren’t sure how the D1.1 variant was transmitted ...

Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation ... Birds have an abundance of a kind of sialic acid called alpha 2,3, ...

In an impressive feat of rapid urban adaptation, sulphur-crested cockatoos have worked out how to use their feet and their large bodies to twist the tap handles of drinking fountains in order to ...

Vivid, thrilling and ghastly: new theatrical adaptation of The Birds evokes climate disaster, terrorism and lockdown Sarah Austin, The University of Melbourne 22 May 2025 at 9:47 pm · 4-min read ...

The newer variant of avian influenza that recently infected dairy cattle in Nevada has a genetic change that’s thought to help the virus copy itself in mammals — including humans — more ...