A purple martin pair, both with bugs in their beaks for their nestlings, perch at their cavity opening, ready to poke food in gaping mouths. Does early spring mean early migration for birds? Yes − and ...

Only 43% of parents report they are able to find accurate and current information on avian influenza A (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, according to the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott ...

A study published in Science reveals that North American bird populations are declining most severely in areas where they should be thriving. Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology analyzed ...

A male blue-winged warbler. Long-distance bird migration is one of the natural world's most inspiring phenomena-but the story of how we know what we know about bird migration is almost as amazing as ...

Birds are the most diverse land vertebrate on the planet, and now scientists have constructed a complete evolutionary tree of the 11,000 or so known species. This data came from hundreds of studies ...

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Pigeons Are More Than Just Urban Pests: They Dream, Correct Incompetent Leaders–and Much More. PETBOOK Reveals Seven ...

You might go for a walk in the forest to disconnect from work and calm your nerves after a busy week. The chirping and calls of birds in the canopy above might be exactly what allows you to relax. But ...

With soaring egg prices and ongoing bird flu headlines, many parents are uncertain about the risks and facts surrounding the virus, a national poll suggests. Most parents say they don't know if there ...