The Perfect Plunge
If you stand on a windswept ocean cliff, you might witness a breathtaking spectacle: sleek white seabirds plummeting…
Birds
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Birds or Humanity?
There is often mixed joy and sorrow when traveling abroad, sometimes discovered in the journeying, sometimes found at…
Nonstop from Alaska to Hawaii: Pacific Golden Plovers and Their Miraculous Journey across the Ocean
Many animals would tell us fascinating stories about their behaviors and marvelous abilities if only we could understand…
Cryptochrome: The Compass of Animals
Animals such as butterflies, turtles, and birds are given the ability to perceive the Earth’s magnetic field and…
Death
We woke at the thud, panicked. My wife and I had been dozing in bed, squeezing the last…
The Hummingbird: Small in Size, Great in Art
Research on hummingbirds (also known as nectar birds or Colibris), the smallest of the 9,800 bird species living…
Mirage of Life
Life is over, only its silent voice remains, Entrusted to the next, its breath remains; I know not…
Hot, But Can’t Do Without: The wisdom behind the hotness of peppers
Like all omnivorous foods, peppers – both hot and sweet – have been created in unique, wise ways…
Miraculous Migration of Monarch Butterflies
Many birds, such as white storks and swallows, have been known to migrate, each year, from one region…
The Suitability of Food to the Digestion System
Nourishment lies at the center of the lives of animate creatures. The continuation of life is bound to…
Perfection in the Physique of Birds
With bodies heavy for flying and light for diving into the water, birds push the limits of their…
Storm of Change
It was one of the first days of spring when a butterfly appeared in our forest. She was…
Miraculous Animals: Senses
Animals are spectacular creations. Not only do they have their unique shapes, sizes, colors, and attributes, but also…
Birds: Colurful Guests in our World
Everything in nature is balanced and created according to laws, proportion, and measure. Nothing in the world is…
Migration
Think of yourself as pilot of a light aircraft confronted with the task of completing, in one or…