Forget fleeting friendships the social secrets of the long-tailed tit has revealed an extraordinary level of family commitment even during migratory journeys. Birds that babysit: scientists reveal ...

Long-tailed tits actively avoid harmful inbreeding by discriminating between the calls of close family members and non-family members, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.

If you love birds as much as I do, you may be captivated by their vibrancy of colors, their range of sounds (whether sweet like those of songbirds or booming like the bittern), their ability to fly ...

A study suggests a mechanism by which long-tailed tits avoid incest. Many animal species avoid inbreeding, which can be detrimental to health, through mechanisms such as sex-biased dispersal, in which ...

Long-tailed tits are more successful at raising young when they alternate their feeding trips, scientists have found. Long-tailed tits are more successful at raising young when they alternate their ...

THE morning cloak of mist lingering among dense woodland, on the first day of September, highlighted 'meteorological' summer's end and the ponderous transition towards autumn. MOVING through my garden ...

Every Spring wildlife filmmaker Hannah Stitfall heads out to look for long-tailed tits. She hopes to film them building their nests - intricate, domed structures built out of moss, feathers and spider ...

A hidden camera and camera trap captured a peaceful moment of a tiny long-tailed tit resting inside its beautifully crafted ...