Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the summer of 1989, Jack Dumbacher was a fresh-faced ornithologist-in-training on his maiden expedition to the lush rainforests ...

Birds are usually linked with freedom, beauty, and calm. They sit on trees, sing in the morning, and feel safe to be around. But scientific findings have quietly changed that long-held idea. In a ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Poison is a well-known defense mechanism in the animal ...