Peregrine falcon, the fastest animal, dives at over 320 kilometres per hour. Found worldwide, it thrives in wild and urban ...

The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph in level flight, common swifts can stay airborne for months thanks to their ...

Birds are incredible athletes with unique capabilities – some specializing in diving techniques to plunge down upon prey ...

To determine the health of an ecosystem, observe the birds that live there, as they are the barometers of habitat health.

Tracie Young, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, received a call earlier this summer about an injured bird. On the line were two friends, who told Young they’d found a hawk in the middle of the road ...

According to co-author Brenton Cooper, a neuroscientist who studies speech and language, cowbirds briefly hold their breath ...

America needs to build a new and greener energy infrastructure, yet there is a problem standing in the way. Or maybe I should say flying in the way, because that obstacle is birds; and, more generally ...