Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A coot mingles with ducks at the Myriad Botanical Gardens. If you’ve ever been to the pond at the Myriad Botanical Gardens, you ...

Plans for a year-round light show at Mt Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens have been approved by Brisbane City Council, despite strong opposition from local residents and concern over the impact on traffic and ...

The American coot is a somewhat drab water bird with gray and black feathers and a white beak, common in wetlands throughout North America. Coot chicks, however, sport outrageously bright orange and ...

Too many mouths to feed? Just make your babies fight each other to the death! That's a strategy some bird parents have been using since even before TheHunger Games was popular. It means the strongest ...

The brainy horses that counted with their feet in the circuses of yesteryear were merely well-trained frauds, but now a UC Santa Cruz scientist has discovered the real thing: an animal that can count.

A newly hatched American coot chick shows off its colorful ornamental plumes, beak, and naked head. The bright colors of coot chicks help their parents choose favorites, according to a new study. The ...