It’s hard to imagine they make these long-distance movements to come here to raise young.” For centuries, these birds and ...

The convergence of multiple flu strains in one animal can allow new virus strains to form—just as they did in past pandemics.

By outfitting blackbirds with heart-rate monitors, scientists debunked a long-held assumption about the benefits of spending ...

A recent analysis suggests the design of some birds’ nests varies because of culture, rather than genetics or environmental ...

Biologists already knew the corvid family–it includes crows, ravens, rooks, magpies and jackdaws–to be among the smartest of all birds. But this remarkable piece of behavior–it features in ...

I was surprised by how many people wrote in with methods of how to discourage birds from building nests at their house.

Bird mites are pests that live on the skin of some birds. If they find their way into your home, they may bite you. This can cause red marks, inflammation, and itching. There are many different ...

One thing they all agreed on is that any would-be bird photographer should follow Audubon’s guidelines for ethical bird photography to help maintain a healthy environment where birds are allowed ...

Thousands of Vaux’s Swifts gather overhead as they prepare to roost for the night at Chapaman Elementary in Portland, Oregon.

The city of 60,000 has seen an influx of 20,000 Haitian immigrants in the last several years — straining services and causing ...

September will soon be drawing to a close. The kids are back to school, and those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are ...