They lived alongside two newly described species of bird called Avisaurus darwini and Magnusavis ekalakaenis. These early avians were about the size of a hawk and had strong enough feet to capture ...

As I slowly drifted closer, I noticed all the birds were too busy feeding to care about me being around. So I ‘parked’ the boat next to some ice, leaned over the side and dropped my underwater ...

Don’t take the birds in your backyard for granted. Beyond eating bugs or invasive plant seeds, backyard birds provide people with joy and wonder, said Geoff LeBaron, Christmas Bird Count ...

These colors distinguish them as some of the world's most dramatic and attractive birds. Males often sport vibrant feathered ruffs or amazingly elongated feathers, which are known as wires or ...

Newly Discovered Late Cretaceous Birds May Have Carried Heavy Prey Like Extant Raptors Oct. 9, 2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful ...

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out. Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do ...

Birds that fill the world’s skies today are living dinosaurs, reminders of a distant and strange past. Decades of major new discoveries and studies have convinced researchers that there’s a direct ...

This story is translated from the Spanish by John Newton. Anyone who loves bird watching can tell you that, depending on who’s doing the counting, there are somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 ...

Bring nature to your doorstep by keeping wild birds fed with a homemade bird feeder. Follow our steps to build a seed feeder from a reused plastic bottle. Not only do bird feeders bring more local ...

Early birds tend to wake up and go to sleep earlier in the day. Night owls tend to wake up and go to bed later. Keep reading to learn more about each chronotype, as well as how to change it.

Bird flu is spreading in cattle herds in the US in a surprising development that's worrying scientists. There's no evidence the virus can cause a human outbreak, but authorities are keeping a ...

More than a dozen tigers were incinerated after the animals contracted bird flu at a zoo in southern Vietnam, officials said. State media VNExpress cited a caretaker at Vuon Xoai zoo in Bien ...