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

The Muskie Archives is bringing out its copy of James Audubon’s Birds of America for display in the lobby of Ladd Library.

The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America's elephant seals and drastically cutting herd ...

A teenager in Canada is critically ill with the country's first human case of H5N1 bird flu. Health officials aren't sure how ...

Recently I looked into a number of extinct birds from all around the world, but few of them shed light on those that I would've lived alongside. Today we're "borrowing" my mom's field guide on the ...

Phorusrhacid birds, better known as "terror birds," were some of the most impressive predators to ever walk the Earth.

Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct ...

We usually think of birds as small and delicate, but did you know that some of the biggest birds in the world have special ...

While past terror bird fossils placed the meat-eating birds at 3 to 9 feet tall, new findings suggest that some were even ...

“Birding with an experienced person during the Christmas Bird Count gives new birders a chance to spend a whole day with ...

There have been dozens of confirmed human cases of bird flu in the U.S. this year. Experts discuss the symptoms, risks and ...