为什么鸟儿站在树上睡觉不会掉下来呢？这与鸟类特殊的腿部结构有关。鸟类蹲下时，它会拉伸与脚趾相连的肌腱，带动脚趾合拢。所以鸟儿在睡觉时， 它的爪子会毫不费力地弯曲并紧紧抓住树枝，直到腿部伸直，爪子才会松开。

Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky, some animals show remarkable cognitive abilities that may rival our own.

Late night skygazers were treated to the sight of the harvest moon in Northern Ireland. Wednesday's display also coincided ...

Flocks of starlings form ever-changing, mesmerising aerial displays in autumn and winter. The European or common starling, Sturnus vulgaris, is a familiar sight in our cities and towns. You might have ...

"Marsh rabbits, cottontail rabbits and foxes effectively disappeared." These starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are birds native to Europe, southwest Asia, and northern Africa. They were first ...

Mortensen. He applied zinc bands to two European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), but then realized that their weight altered the starlings' behavior, and switched to aluminum bands instead.

Mark Williams / British Wildlife Photo Awards Mark Williams won the Animal Portraits category with this picture of a common starling (Sturnus vulgaris). "I had been observing the birds in my ...

Banding dates back to 1899, when Danish teacher Hans Christian Mortensen visited European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) nests and gave each nestling an aluminum leg band engraved with a return ...

Dr. Cordes is interested in the neural integration of social cues and communication in European starlings as well as the possible rewarding properties of androgens. Dr. Cordes recently completed her ...

You can easily attract these birds to your backyard with oats, berries, and any commercial bird seed you get your hands on. Species Name: Sturnus vulgaris Length: 19 cm to 23 cm Weight: 58 grams to ...

"This old nearby tap provided a convenient resting place for this trio of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) while they waited for their turn to feed." - Jonathan Need. "There cannot be too many gardens ...

Garden feeding stations can be a vital lifeline for birds during winter. Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are another permanent resident of the UK, found almost everywhere except parts of the Scottish ...