Breeding north of the Arctic Circle, it migrates southwards the length of the world to reach the Antarctic pack ice, 11,000 miles away. The tern goes far, but surely no bird lives life faster than ...

They provide a platform to witness the diverse and often unseen world of birds, from their elaborate mating dances to their ...

Birds have favorite places, just like people. Although some birds seem to live just about everywhere, most birds prefer a specific type of habitat. That’s because the land and plants of an area ...

“Birds are the most well-documented group of animals on Earth, and it’s a testament to just how much people love them that only about one percent of the world’s birds have evaded ...

"It's birds throughout the world that the Houston Zoo is helping to save in the wild." The first of the aviaries is the North American Woodlands exhibit, which features about 30 individuals from ...

Noah Strycker is a bird-watcher, writer, and photographer based in Oregon. His books include Birding Without Borders, about his 2015 world record of finding 6,042 species of birds in one calendar ...

Join Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu ... They also journey to Zhima Jie to learn about the similarities in our view of the sky. One World, One Sky is shown for free at ...

The concept, or perhaps conceit, of an author organizing a wealth of knowledge into a comprehensive explanation of world ...

and North American woodlands will be at the Houston Zoo’s new “Birds of the World” exhibit which opens this Friday. The new exhibit provides fanned and shaded areas for visitors as they take ...

Swiss voters are casting final ballots on Sunday on a proposal to increase protections for the Alpine country's cherished ...

Despite a gloomy and rainy debut Friday morning, hundreds of visitors showed out to the Houston Zoo for the opening of its Birds of the World exhibit. Highlighting birds native to different ...

After closures related to bird nesting season, Indian Creek has been re-opened to climbers looking to scale the world class ...