Chihuahuan Desert grasslands are the main winter home for birds known as grassland specialists – chestnut-collared and ...

Researchers working in northern Chile say people from an ancient civilization transported exotic birds hundreds of miles over the Andes, before mummifying them with their mouths wide open. Parrots and ...

For 500 miles, I’d driven south, air conditioner blasting, radio on. When I arrived at the desert field station and stepped out onto the gravel, I was hit all at once by the heat, the quiet, and a ...

There is an upward limit to how hot daily air temperatures can get before birds can no longer successfully breed, indicating that rapidly advancing climate change will have widespread and destructive ...

A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments. A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope ...

Two birds were spotted resting atop a rare and mutated cactus in the Arizona desert, giving people on social media plenty to talk about. The “special desert sight” was caught on camera and shows two ...

With so many threats to animal populations and habitats around the world, it sometimes feels like all we hear is bad news. It is easy to forget that dedicated conservationists and scientists are ...

Experts at the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens are now rolling back several bird flu precautions for their bird populations. "As we started seeing bird flu spreading throughout the country and moving ...