Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Finches are so common, one tends not to pay attention to them. But, when I saw this male at the top of the world with a very ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young. The same was true 73 million years ago, according to a new article. The ...

Rich data on the global state of our feathered friends presents plenty of bad news—but also some bright spots. Researchers know better than ever how to help them. By Emily Sohn/Knowable Magazine ...

Nature is full of incredible survival strategies, and some birds have developed remarkable adaptations that act as built-in weapons in their wings. These features help them defend themselves, compete ...

Scientists track birds with electronic tags and radar to solve flight mysteries. In answering ecological questions, the research findings may also improve infrastructure planning Feathers mark birds ...

Just about anywhere you look, there are birds. Penguins live in Antarctica, ptarmigan in the Arctic Circle. Rüppell’s vultures soar higher than Mt. Everest. Emperor penguins dive deeper than 1,800 ...

What does it mean to save threatened species? How often do we achieve it? And how often do we fail? Our new research answers these questions for Australian birds. We found extinction risks had reduced ...

Over the past months, I’ve periodically covered the strange extravagance of birds in various dimensions: the fastest birds, the biggest birds and the smallest birds, for instance. Considering the ...

“Birds are everywhere.” We’re always telling people that—especially when we’re trying to convince them you can go bird-watching anywhere. And it’s true. Birds are everywhere, from forests to prairies, ...