The ruff has one of the weirdest sexual systems in the world – all thanks to a large piece of chromosome that was flipped over 3.8 million years ago. A type of wading sandpiper, ruffs are named ...

Talking about the "birds and the bees" is a tricky and delicate matter. Especially if you are referring to the mating behaviour of a particular bird called a ruff.

Click on birds to find out what they are doing! Click here (1.4 MB, MP3 format) to hear an ancient CBC radio broadcast (Quirks and Quarks) describing my earier work on the ruff Since 1984, I have ...

San Diego is amazingly birdy with its perfect weather and different habitats, including its rocky ocean shoreline, coastal marshes, rolling grasslands, scorching desert, and cool, lush mountains.

Keepers at Torquay’s coastal zoo are preparing the ground for some fierce competition. They are cutting the grass and clearing undergrowth so that one species of bird can indulge in its ...

The ruff is a migrating wading bird that lives in marshland habitat. At a planning committee meeting, Mr Crean defended the proposal, describing it as a "valuable conservation project".

More waders are being seen on passage, among them some ruff, with six at Blacktoft Sands this week. All Sections. News you can trust since 1754. Sign In. Support Us.

Studies of a distinctive wading bird have identified a genetic quirk which gives rise to three types of male bird within the same species, according to researchers. Scientists at the University of ...