OUTSIDE my rain-battered hotel veranda a cyclone is clobbering the coast of Mauritius. But I am much too busy enjoying one of the local beauties to notice 150mph fly-pasts by palm fronds, beach ...

Birds may use alligators as bodyguards to protect their nests from hungry raccoons and opossums, but gator payment may come at a steep cost — namely, in the form of the birds' chicks that are ...

Wading birds, such as flamingos and ibises, have long, thin, featherless legs that make it easy to release heat from their bodies. When the blood circulates up and down their legs, heat dissipates ...