Sudden extremes can act as hard boundaries, limiting where species can breed, feed, or recover.

Every morning, groups of birds start singing and chirping around the same time, typically when the sun starts rising. While zoologists have been studying this collective bird behavior, called the dawn ...

Backyard bird feeders help urbanites feel close to nature but can also expose birds to disease and other potential threats. Luckily, bird lovers can take simple steps to reduce risks. Conservation ...

Volunteers from the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center of Orange County released five brown pelicans on Friday, Aug. 14, as ...

Daily birdbath care, smart placement and moving water can attract more bird species to your yard - and keep them coming back.

The Mauritian dodo—a global symbol of human-caused extinction and one of the world's largest pigeons—may not have deserved ...

Then, when the birds are done singing, we stop. That’s a problem. There’s still a lot of bird activity going on right now, and yet you seldom find anyone describing how identification skills change ...

The Bermuda government has launched an investigation into the presence of a giant emu and possibly other exotic animals, ...

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably different from the familiar creatures we’ve come to recognise. Although ...

There's no shortage of weird and wonderful birds on this planet. And you can credit the dinosaurs: The two-legged theropods gave rise to winged beasts that weighed in between 100 and 500 pounds. 🦅 ...

In a rectangular room draped in camouflage netting, four Harris’s hawks took turns flying back and forth between grass-covered perches while scientists recorded their every biomechanical flutter. The ...