On October 2, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan, @tomoko.k.viola shared a video of a zebra finch skillfully riding a tiny skateboard. In the video, the bird smoothly glides down a handmade cardboard slide and ...

House finches are small songbirds. Males have rosy red heads and chests, while females are brownish. These birds are native ...

This week, birders around the world lost one beloved feathered creature from their birding life list. Fortunately, no species went extinct. Instead, this change resolved a long-held misunderstanding ...

A tiny bird, the Glacier Finch, thrives in the Andes mountains. It builds nests directly on glaciers, a unique survival strategy. This behaviour offers protection from predators and helps regulate ...

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, mental health disorders, specifically anxiety and depression, were the leading causes of global health-related burden, a Lancet study shows. The situation has ...

Every year, approximately 6.5 million companion animals enter shelters nationwide, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Of those, about 3.3 million are dogs and ...

BRIDGEPORT -- Municipal employees find themselves caught in a game of musical chairs this summer, with most of the Citistat staff assigned new seats in other city departments. Citistat, launched by ...