The repeated evolution of huge birds is part of the dinosaurian legacy. Beaked birds were the only dinosaurs to have survived ...

We’re all used to seeing birds like pigeons on city roads, parrots that talk, or eagles flying high in the sky. But the bird ...

The barn owl is a nocturnal species of owl that is widely found throughout the world. Barn owls, also known as common barn ...

The place to go during May is the Black Swamp, out toward Toledo. The land there was once covered by impenetrable swamp in northwest Ohio and northeast Indiana along Lake Erie. The place was so ...

And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean ...

The Mississippi Flyway sounds like an area of the sky managed by the FAA, but this heavily trafficked route is more often ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

Owls, well adapted to hearing the exact location of prey, have something in common with an unrelated group of ...

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the majority of migratory birds fly at night. Species that commonly make this ...

Hummingbirds’ minuscule nests are remarkable works of nature’s art. Here’s what to know if you’re lucky enough to spot one in ...

Naturalist Sam Bland and his wife Bright, while in western Wyoming, recently trekked into the night to observe a researcher ...

Bobolinks are poisoned by farmers in Central and South America, where the birds feed on crops. Solutions to the grassland bird decline vary among regions, although all rely on increasing or ...