The UN approves Turkey’s application to be named Türkiye in English – complete with a non-Latin letter and all – instead of the current Turkey. Through the measure, the country is trying to avoid being associated with the bird turkey, which is called turkey in English. Turkey began the move to change its internationally recognised official name in English to Türkiye in December... 

A recently published study shows a type of bird that creates snow tunnels and trenches for no apparent reason apart from fun. Professor emeritus at the University of Vermont Bernd Heinrich studied the unusual behavior of a flock of redpolls (Carduelis flammea) in Western Maine Mountains between November 2012 and February 2013. In his recently published findings, Heinrich said that the activity usually...