“Bury your head in the sand” is a well-known idiom that means to ignore one’s problems. If you bury your head in the sand, you can’t see your problems - but that doesn’t mean they’ll go away! This ...

Pelicans are unmistakable with their enormous bills and giant webbed feet. There are only eight species of pelicans, though they are distributed across every continent except the Arctic and Antarctica ...

“Female peacocks” is an oxymoron. Peacocks are male peafowl, and peahens are female peafowl. There’s no such thing as a “male peacock”! Nevertheless, peafowl have come to be known simply as peacocks.

The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a familiar sight on lawns across the country, but have you ever wondered whether young American robins are born with the iconic red breast? Or if not, how ...

Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) are cosmopolitan birds of prey that have different migration routes across the globe. They are expert fish hunters that can be found patrolling up and down rivers and ...

That burst of green in British gardens isn't as rare as you might think. From exotic arrivals to native specialists, our green-feathered friends bring their own unique character to gardens, parks and ...

The Mexican flag is one of many that bears a bird as one of its symbols, alongside Ecuador, Guatemala, Dominica, Uganda, and Papua New Guinea, to name but a few. The Mexican tricolor is green, white, ...

Birdlife is found in habitats as diverse as the hottest, driest deserts to frozen Arctic tundra landscapes. Birds can adapt to surviving in extreme temperatures, as well as being able to live in ...

Sparrows are often an overlooked bird, due to their rather drab gray-brown plumage and status as one of the world’s most common birds. However, delving deeper into their symbolic meanings in many ...

We’ve all seen those romantic photos, with a pair of loved-up swans forming a perfect, symmetrical heart shape with their long necks. Pairs are said to form strong bonds, but is that true for all ...

Swans are famed for their elegance and graciousness, but they’re also highly intelligent and have tremendous flying stamina. There are only six species of swan in the Cygnus genus of the Anatidae ...

Geese are members of the Anatidae waterbird family, and there are two genera; Branta, the black geese, and Anser, the grey geese. Geese are powerful, robust birds that tend to live at higher latitudes ...