These colors distinguish them as some of the world's most dramatic and attractive birds. Males often sport vibrant feathered ruffs or amazingly elongated feathers, which are known as wires or ...

The flaps mimick a class of feathers that are key to birds' most daring aerial ... No Incentive for Older Birds to Make New Friends Oct. 28, 2024 — Like people, birds have fewer friends as they ...

When it comes to birds, there may be more than just avian flu to be worried about. It has been suggested that there are over 60 other diseases that birds and their droppings can carry. The problem ...

I needed to get out of my head, so I went into nature where I could find beauty instead of ugliness, and eventually, by taking classes, I started to nature-journal about the birds in my backyard.

I did make a trip to Argentina last November and the variegated flycatcher, a common bird there, was on my list of most-desired species. I saw and photographed many. Although Maine has two records ...

And when a bird silently nods off on its perch, it may also dream as its singing muscles twitch. Could it be rehearsing in its sleep? A substantial proportion of bird species are songbirds with ...

The bird checklist for Maine currently stands at ... Some species on the Maine list are irruptive species, northern species that move south to winter in Maine when their food at high latitudes ...

Birds that fill the world’s skies today are living dinosaurs, reminders of a distant and strange past. Decades of major new discoveries and studies have convinced researchers that there’s a direct ...

"Our employees are passionate about animals and hearing a bird hit the window while you are working isn’t a great feeling. It ...

Barry Keoghan is adding a new edition to his pantheon of weird, little guy characters with his new role in Andrea Arnold’s Bird. The drama, Keoghan’s first role since his viral performance in ...

Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in the United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday. The ...