Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...

Across the Northern Hemisphere, satellite tags and backyard observations are revealing a surprising pattern: some birds are not just drifting off course, they are consistently flying in the opposite ...

As the virus settles into a fall-and-winter cycle, bald eagles are drawing particular interest from scientists.

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

The pink wings of a roseate spoonbill drew birders and nature lovers from afar to Union Beach this week, but the bird's appearance also illustrated a growing trend -- that southern birds are becoming ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Q. I saw a photo of different kinds of bird eggs and noted not only the obvious, that smaller birds lay smaller eggs, but also that some bird eggs are elongate, whereas others are more rounded. What ...

In preparation for a presentation on the birds we saw while in Ecuador recently, I was struck by how many of the birds were extravagantly colored, many eye-poppingly so. Thumbing through my field ...

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As the virus settles into a fall-and-winter cycle, bald eagles are drawing particular interest from scientists.