This discovery shows that these birds were eating fruits, despite a long-standing hypothesis that this species of bird feasted on fish (and more recent hypotheses it ate insects) with its ...

It also produces small elegant white flowers that bring in insects, which then attract the birds that hunt and eat those ...

Dr O'Conor adds: 'Plus, these fish-eating birds had lots of teeth ... this turned out not to be fish or insects but the fruit from trees related to today's modern conifers and ginkgos.

For instance, many orchard owners succeed in putting up nest boxes for American kestrels that feed on fruit-eating birds. At ...

A study of a bizarre prehistoric bird's fossilized remains has uncovered ... As a result, the researchers suggest that it was probably not eating the fruit-like food all year round, potentially ...

The bird in question? Casuarius casuarius ... As animals roam around, eating fruit and passing seeds, they create the forest of the future: They give plants new places to grow.

Some birds—the painted bunting in Texas ... As they clambered around in the tree, placidly eating fruit, I found myself crying out with the rarest of all emotions: pure joy.

A Japanese carrion crow examines the fruit of its labors On the Pacific ... taking the kill mean that a single bird or a small group could not eat it all alone anyway. Some are even believed ...

I thought I'd give you a wee sample of what some birds eat over the course of an average ... And then for desert, you'd follow that up with some fruit. Obviously not just lovely, delicious berries ...

As well as providing fruit, they'll provide a home for caterpillars and other insects that birds eat. Do you have a burning question about science or nature you want answered? Fill out the form below ...

Competition with ants for food resources at lower elevations may be pushing these birds higher up the mountains.