Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis), whose mating calls were used as part of the study. Credit: Raina Fan. The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers ...

Humans and animals like the same sounds, new research reveals, proving Charles Darwin correct. The findings show that people showed preferences for calls that other species find the most attractive.

The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers, and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as ...

Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a common aspect of perception that dates back hundreds of millions of years.

Record numbers of bald eagles, peregrine falcons, ravens and red-headed woodpeckers showed up for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count in Pittsburgh in late December.

Ravens follow wolves in order to dine on prey the big canines kill, a 2002 study in Yellowstone National Park claimed.

On March 8, a climber rescued a sheep stranded 50 metres up Raven Crag in Langdale, Lake District, UK. Local stonemason Will Berkett, 30, scaled the crag, secured the sheep with a sling, and carried ...

New research shows ravens do not follow wolves to find food. Instead, they remember hunting areas and return later.

A snowy valley in Yellowstone National Park appears to be dotted with a party of black silhouettes, a rampage of ravens crowding over what seems like a reddish, meaty carcass. With pointy beaks, the ...

In Yellowstone National Park in the USA, ravens are strongly associated with wolf kills. For many years, it had been assumed they followed the region’s top predators in order to be the first ...

When wolves are on the hunt, a kill rarely goes unnoticed for long. In the elk- and deer-rich areas of northern Yellowstone National Park, ravens are often among the first scavengers to arrive on the ...

Stark black against an open sky, common ravens are often spotted soaring above wolves in Yellowstone National Park. Researchers assumed that the notorious scavengers were following the wolves to get ...