Phil Swanson says at first glance his yard may not look much like a bird oasis. But he’s been wildly successful in drawing ...

Back to feet: Smaller birds with shorter legs, particularly species favoring trees, hop on land. Birds with longer legs are more likely to walk. Some, like American robins, do both, depending on need.

Etymological Meaning. Bird’s-Foot Trefoil didn’t get its quirky name by accident! After flowering, this plant produces seed pods that radiate outward exactly like a bird’s foot.

For the last 16 months, artist Jane Kim has filled her days filling an enormous space — 40 feet high, more than 3,000 square feet — with images of birds.Her canvas is one entire wall of the ...

The free Hatch festival celebrates the founding of ArtYard, a 21,000-square-foot art center dedicated to incubating new artwork. It's also a nod to the location's history as an egg hatchery.

Researchers say the feathered specimen known as “Ugly Foot” or “Hobbit Foot” offers long-sought clues to the evolutionary path of birds. By Nicholas St. Fleur In the bustling amber markets ...

Drawing data from four sites—along with a detailed 262-foot-long set of fossil prints—scientists at the University of Cape Town (UCT) identified two types of footprints belonging to the ...

Scientists who studied bones trapped in amber for millennia say they have discovered a bird which lived 99 million years ago that had toes longer than its lower legs. The bird's foot, including a ...

The fossil record isn't always kind to preserving the existence of smaller creatures. But this week, scientists announced the discovery of two previously unknown species in two separate studies ...

Cover Art; Store; Newsletter; Search for: Science Dinosaurs With fearsome feet, hawk-sized Cretaceous birds could scoop up baby dinos. Fossils from two newly described birds point to some strong feet.