Why it's awesome: The hoatzin is often regarded as one of the world's strangest birds. Hatchlings are born with clawed wings — a rare, prehistoric trait — and adults give off a strong ...

A party from the University of Pennsylvania set sail for the jungles of the upper Amazon, to snare the almost mythical “hoatzin.” The party is headed by Rodolphe M. de Schauenesse, son of a ...

Why it's awesome: The hoatzin is often regarded as one of the world's strangest birds. Hatchlings are born with clawed wings — a rare, prehistoric trait — and adults give off a strong ...