A few years ago, my senior dog Sheldon alerted me to something unusual in our backyard. He had found a young crow hopping on the ground. From a distance, I watched the bird. It didn’t try to fly, and ...

You have to jump before you can fly. A species of tiny parrot saves energy by hopping from branch to branch when foraging – a skill that may have helped bird ancestors to first get off the ground.

The mysterious spotted green pigeon (Caloenas maculata) was a relative of the dodo, according to scientists who have examined its genetic make-up. The authors say their results, published in the open ...