Cliff swallows are said by ornithologists to show the highest degree of colonization of any of the 89 swallow species in the ...
Nicki, however, finds a bird site that provides a more functional explanation of the wiggle: ...
Cuckoos, cowbirds, and other species outsource their parental duties. Scientists are uncovering new twists in this sneaky—and ...
“The skimmer uses this long, scissor-like bill to skim the water’s surface for small fish and crustaceans,” the NPS says.
Brad O'Brien of Columbia Chapter of National Audubon Society says World Migratory Bird Day is perfect time to consider how to ...
A journalist takes a rare trip to the Farallones, to see how the more than half a million seabirds that breed there each year ...
A national bird conservation organization says grassland habitat loss on the Prairies has created a "conservation crisis" for ...
Lewis Hall earned around £110,000 from the sale of prized peregrine falcon chicks to sheikhs in the Middle East. DNA was used ...
Two species of birds in Costa Rica build nests in trees defended by ants. Ants that encounter the horsehair fungus in the nests develop odd behaviors.
Early last summer, dull orange horizons replaced blue skies and hid city skylines in New York and Washington, D.C. Even the ...
The birds left the nest at the approach of autumn, as is customary for the species. With it empty, the company hired to ...