An immature white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is using our container garden as its personal foraging grounds. This is the first ibis – juvenile or full-grown – to visit any of our gardens. W… ...

The ibis has a special ability to find food underground by detecting vibrations with their beak – a skill they inherited from their dinosaur ancestors, according to a new study.

Kiwis, ibises and sandpipers share this sensory power with birds that lived millions of years ago. By Veronique Greenwood The ibis and the kiwi are dogged diggers, probing in sand and soil for ...

The ibis—a large bird with a long, subtly hooked orange beak—became extinct in Central Europe in the 17th century. Now, the species is learning its old migration routes.

Their curved beaks are their signature feature and they look stoic, like the herons and egrets that inhabit the area. About 90 percent of North Carolina's ibis population can be found on the ...

Ibis were once known only in Florida and even then they were not common. ... Or perhaps, as in the ancient Kingdom of the Nile, all they carry in their beaks is that sad and knowing smile.

Glossy ibis are birds I never expect to see around here - they look like they should be hanging out in the tropics, wading through some Amazonian mudflats with their long spindly legs or swooping ...

To ancient Egyptians, the ibis was revered as Thoth, the god of wisdom and learning. Indeed, legends of the ibis abound with one nonbiblical account having Noah sending an ibis out of the ark to ...

With red claws and face – plus a large, curved black beak and crest – the crested ibis is known as the beauty bird or fairy bird in China. Advertisement. Science. China People & Culture.