It's a question visitors ask staff all the time at the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Bird House. The answer may surprise you!

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MY GREAT-GRANDPA LEONARD had one leg and drove a big American car with a manual transmission well into his 80s. How’s that ...

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Find out in this one-minute video, where Ask Smithsonian host Eric Schulze walks us through the reasons behind the majestic bird’s one-legged stance. Sections Subscribe Give a Gift Renew Shop ...

Scientists are uncertain about even simple behaviors, like the propensity to stand on one leg. (Some postulate that it has to do with the way the birds rest.) And because flamingos live in such ...

James cannot process the loss of his wife and is lost in an isolated oppressive and dissonant world His son Theo plays the songs he needs to hear to overcome his emotional and musical block and ...

While most games currently include multiple players sporting this style, there’s even debate whether A’ja Wilson or Te’a Cooper was the first to introduce the one-leg sleeve to the league.

The single-leg squat requires demanding levels of control and eccentric strength in the descent and explosive force when coming back up to standing. As a bodyweight exercise, it is probably one of ...

The Department of Agriculture plans to increase imports of eggs as part of a $1 billion initiative to address a shortage caused by the bird flu outbreak. The avian flu strain H5N1, first ...

But building your legs should also be a priority, however, one reason you may avoid it is because you don’t like squatting. We get it, there’s those who love them and others who don’t.

We pick out some key talking points ahead of the second legs. Roma and Porto are both having complicated campaigns and Europa League success would provide a welcome boost. A 1-1 draw in the first ...