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Eastern Red Bat

Eastern Red Bats are North America’s most abundant migratory tree bats. Their carrot-red color and frosty appearance make them distinct from other bats.  Mostly solitary, they flock togethe

Longest Living Birds

Longest Living Birds

Determining the age of a bird by its appearance can be challenging, especially once it has developed adult plumage. Scientists often use banding to estimate the lifespans of various avian species i

Poisonous Birds

Birds were the last major group of vertebrates found to have poisonous members. In 1992, Professor John P. Dumbacher discovered the Hooded Pitohui in New Guinea. He noticed that touching the birdâ€

Arctic Birds

Arctic Birds

The Arctic is home not just to mammals like the polar bear, orca, and Arctic fox but also to a wide variety of birds. About 200 bird species have been observed in the cold environment of the Arctic

Antarctic Birds

Antarctic Birds

Many animals living in Antarctica's frozen wastelands are descendants of species that have adapted to survive there over millennia. These animals, including various bird species, likely endured the

Herbivorous Birds

Herbivorous Birds

Only 2-3% of extant bird species are primarily herbivorous. They are nonetheless incredibly diverse, including essential pollinators and seed dispersers. On islands with few or no mammals, herbivorou

Smartest Birds

Smartest Birds

Assessing bird intelligence can be challenging due to varying parameters among families and species. While corvids and parrots are widely recognized for their high intelligence, they are not the only

Animals That Kill the Most Humans

Animals That Kill the Most Humans

Just because an animal appears scary or is deadly, it does not necessarily mean it is responsible for multiple human deaths. As a matter of fact, some of the most feared animals in the world have s

Alpine Birds

Alpine Birds

Alpine birds are adapted to live at high elevations, such as delayed and reduced breeding and the physiological ability to withstand arid, hypoxic, and windy conditions. They tend to only migrate ove