"It's hard not to feel like a proud parent seeing them out there thriving and making history," London Zoo bird keeper Charlotte James said Jonny Shepherd/TNC-ZSL; TNC-ZSL The once-extinct Sihek bird ...

Fish and amphibian eggs are soft and unshelled and must float in the water in order to get enough oxygen and expel their ...

A pair of ospreys nesting near Poole Harbour in Dorset are incubating their first egg of the season. Charity Birds of Poole ...

Perhaps the most famous nest hijacker in the bird world, the common cuckoo has even given rise to the phrase “cuckooing.” A female cuckoo carefully watches her host bird, usually small songbirds like ...

In a new study, appearing in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, scientists selectively bred Japanese ...

CHICAGO — It’s springtime, and the birds are chirping as they begin to build their nests. Researchers say the hands-on clock is turning back, though it happens like clockwork each year. Many species ...

What is smaller than the width of a dime and weighs less than half a gram? That would be the egg of an Allen’s hummingbird. This tiny bird lays tiny eggs and lives in tiny nests. We are fortunate ...

Birds are full of life and energy. They sing, play and bring joy to homes. But sometimes, a bird may face a very serious health problem that many owners do not notice. This problem is called egg ...

A once-extinct bird is laying eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. Sihek, a now-endangered bird returned to the wild in 2024, has laid wild eggs in its new home in Hawaii, according ...