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“What an Owl Knows,” by Jennifer Ackerman, is peppered with fascinating facts, photos and superlatives. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...

Owls are associated with intelligence, which isn’t surprising, because these birds have incredible smarts and even distinct personalities, as ecologist Carl Safina learned firsthand. After he and his ...

Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there: if colorful feathers evolved in the tropics, or if tropical birds have brightly-colored ancestors ...