BIRDS

The durable little killifish egg can travel along the swan's digestive tract and later hatch, which might explain how some fish wind up in isolated freshwater locations.

Vultures are natures clean-up crew, swiftly flying in to rid our nations highways of roadkill—among other acts that help the environment.

John James Audubon didn't establish the Audubon Society, but he did create of America's most iconic works of natural history, 'The Birds of America.' He also had controversial views about vultures.

Was the outbreak a true epidemic, or an example of mass hysteria?

Let's talk turkey—specifically, turkey myths.

Having a long snood almost always means that a hen will want to mate with him and that another tom will back down from a fight.

The six rooks pecking at litter within the Puy du Fou theme park in Les Epesses, France, aren't unwelcome pests: They're part of the staff.

Yet another reason to never get on a crow's bad side.

Talk about a one-hit wonder.

Scientists think a terrible event killed most of the dinosaurs off. But some remain—and they fly.

Farts really can be deadly.

Scientists just discovered 1.5 million penguins living on a chain of remote Antarctic islands, thanks to satellite images of their telltale poop.