With their bright orange and red feathers, North American coot chicks stick out like safety vests. A new study by the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) indicates that such coloration not only ...

While I was strolling around the lake one evening, I observed a young woman being mobbed by a crowd of avian groupies. They were about the size of a chicken with dark gray feathers, bright-white bills ...

EDISTO BEACH, S.C. (WCIV) — Just a little over a week after a tornado blew through parts of Edisto Beach, one heavily-damaged business is making a quick comeback.Coot's Bar & Grill reopened on Tuesday ...

What looks like a duck, floats like a duck and swims like a duck, isn’t always a duck! My wife Laurie and I were reminded of this while watching American coots during our winter vacation in Southern ...

OK. Enough is enough. No more denial. No more looking over my shoulder. Commonly referred to as mud hen or mud duck, the American coot is neither a duck nor a hen but is actually a giant member of the ...

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 ...

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 ...