Feeding turtles and tortoises right means mimicking their natural diet; the wrong foods, even common ones, can be harmful.

The descriptor “finch” is used by birders to describe a family of birds with similar characteristics. In North America, we ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Health officials on Wednesday confirmed bird flu in a British Columbia teen and said the virus was ...

author Nicholas Mirzoeff explores the historic legacy of the bird when viewed through the lens of race. Several sparrow species call Duke Gardens its home. Photo by Chris Vilorio “For the planter and ...

Another cause for concern: flu season is underway in the U.S., and as seasonal influenza virus goes around, “humans, ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

Now is a great time to hear owls hooting,” according to Seattle-based master birder, educator and author Connie Sidles.

A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our understanding of how the unique brains and intelligence of modern birds evolved, one of the most enduring mysteries of vertebrate evolution.

The brains of today's birds facilitate a level of cognitive prowess and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But ...

Navaornis fills a ~70-million-year gap in our knowledge of the evolution of the unique bird brain. Navaornis hestiae (centre) ...

Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape over ...