On this episode of Candid Animal Cam, we meet a bird from Southeast Asia named after Argus, a mythological Greek giant with many eyes: To learn more about the great argus, visit Mongabay.com:
By Kayla Harren. From Nature's Giants magazine, courtesy of Wild Nature Institute. Download
A group of scientists from England and Hungary wanted to find proof that tropical birds really are more colorful than their temperate cousins. To do this, they used special imaging technology…
Take this quiz and learn about pigeons! 1. True or False? Pigeons and doves are completely different groups of birds. False! From an evolutionary perspective pigeons and doves are all part of the same group, the bird family Columbidae. There are about 300 species in this group. Which birds…
What vultures eat and how they eat it may be gross to humans, but it helps make the world that we live in much cleaner and safer than it would be otherwise.
True or False? All penguins live in Antarctica…
Have you ever wondered why birds sing in the morning? Read on to find out. And listen to the amazing sounds of a dawn chorus from Greater Kruger, South Africa.
Príncipe is an island approximately 250 kilometers (155 miles) off the coast of Central Africa. Along with its neighboring island, São Tomé, it has several endemic species, or species found nowhere else on Earth. One of these endemic species is the Príncipe thrush. Until 2010, the…
From across the forests and savannas, mountains, oceans, and skies of the world, welcome to a celebration of the animals that you know and love – it’s the … It’s the largest living bird in the world and it’s perching here now – welcome the…
Learn about the 5 types of vertebrate animals with this Halloween activity for classroom or home.
The California condor is a beautiful large bird that is very important to the Yurok Tribe of Northern California. The California condor features prominently in Yurok stories, ceremonies, and traditions. In the Yurok language, the condor is known as prey-gon-eesh. A released California condor with…
Everybody knows that owls fly around at night and build their nests in trees, right? Torotoroka scops-owl (Otus madagascariensis) in Madagascar. Image by Rhett A. Butler. Spotted owlet rests in a tree in India’s Keoladeo National Park. Image by Manon Verchot. Have you ever heard…