Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together ...

If you’re in Alabama’s Black Belt this summer, perhaps for this weekend’s birding festival, you’ll almost certainly get to see this haunting bird circling overhead. “It’s like going to an air show ...

This story originally published online in The 9th Street Journal. It’s Tuesday evening at the Velvet Hippo’s rooftop bar. From the wooded deck, a few dozen hipster bargoers admire a picture-perfect ...

Venturing outside is about to become an exercise in risk management for many Australians as magpie swooping season sets in on ...