Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals. An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single ...

In an experiment with great tits ( Parus major ), a team of scientists found that when the birds move to a new environment, ...

Hummingbirds are perhaps the most popular birds found across the United States. These native miniature birds are often seen ...

Cases of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy and poultry workers have largely been mild. However, a new case in a British Columbia ...

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the ...

While there is never a dull moment here in the 'Land of Living Skies', the honking sounds at this time of year have more ...

If you feed birds, you probably see common house finches year-round. This species originally resided in Mexico and the ...

The most dangerous bird species are also some of the most beautiful. These seemingly innocent creatures can pack a punch — or peck — that you definitely want to avoid.

A common way ecologists predict population counts may be an unreliable way of forecasting future bird counts in urban areas, meaning scientists may be overestimating and underestimating the losses of ...

As the birds move off to another woodlot, their clucking calls can be heard as they sail overhead in a seemingly never-ending ...

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...