New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing ...

Habitat loss and fragmentation are the main culprits behind the decline. Intact shrub-steppe landscapes are key. Changes to ...

British filmmaker Andrea Arnold specializes in capturing souls, human and otherwise, in soulless environments.

They can climb onto other animals to drink their blood, pluck insects from leaves or hover to drink nectar from tropical ...

Take the winning clip in the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards, which shows two Purple Gallinules aggressively fending off an ...

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 ...

A pig in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The infected pig was from a backyard farming operation ...

Science librarian Jenny Zawisza was tidying up around Hatch Science Library, as she does, when she poked her head around the ...

The BirdCast web site provides about info about where migrating birds are, how many there are and where they are headed down to the ZIP code level.

The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators ...

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 ...

Ornithologist Ana Gonzalez studies migration patterns and works with local scientists to protect threatened birds.