Do chickens live in the wild?
Chickens are descendants of the red junglefowl that live in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. So, if you consider junglefowl a chicken, then they...
Can different bird species understand each other?
Birds communicate in various ways, but I'll be focusing only on audible communication in this post.
Robert D. Magrath, a behavioral ecologist at the Australian...
Why are dollars referred to as bucks?
Like many others words, the etymology of this word isn't 100% clear, but strong evidence suggests that a dollar is called a “buck” thanks...
How do fish survive when ponds and lakes freeze?
When a lake freezes, only the top layer actually freezes over. The area beneath the ice is where fish survive.
This is due to something called...
Do insects get fat?
A Florida entomologist in the 1960s found that he could turn about half of a mosquito's body weight into fat if he handfed it...