A robin with an extremely rare condition that turns part of its body white has been spotted around a Pittsburgh park.

A tiny bird's complex chatter is found to be more than just a mating call or alarm. Here's what researchers found.

International Dawn Chorus Day on Sunday 4 May marks a high point in the birding year and is a celebration of when birdsong is ...

The U.S. Army is rolling out a new fitness test that will require female soldiers serving in combat jobs to be rated on the same score chart as their male counterparts, a move that comes after ...

Girl power is not just a human thing; bonobos might’ve figured it out first. In the heart of the Congo rainforest, bonobos challenge everything we know about dominance in the animal world.

Three decades of observations in Congo — the only place the endangered bonobos are found in the wild — lend support to the idea of a sisterhood where female bonobos band together to assert their power ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

PARTNERS. A VOTE TONIGHT ADVANCES A BILL THAT SEEKS TO DEFINE MALE AND FEMALE IN NEBRASKA LAW, AND ALSO LIMIT ACCESS TO BATHROOMS, LOCKER ROOMS AND SPORTS TEAMS. BASED ON THAT CRITERIA.

Around this same time, another gender-related fashion trend gained traction in the U.S. and the United Kingdom: namely, the association between boys and the color blue and girls and the color pink.

Ever been told to "just plug the male end into the female port" and suddenly felt like you missed a day in tech class and health class? You're not alone. Despite the oddly anatomical terminology ...

Schrock et al, Neuropeptide receptor distributions in male and female Eulemur vary between female-dominant and egalitarian species, Biology Letters (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2024.0647 ...

Currently, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) recommend forces ask suspects if they are “male”, “female” or “intersex”. But it goes on to advice that gender is a "social ...