I was recently creeping through a clearing of downed trees in a wooded Brooklyn park with my iPhone in hand. Birds were singing everywhere, but through the din, I was recording a peculiar song: It was ...

I’ve become The Bird Guy to my friends and family. When they see a bird they don’t recognize, I’m asked to identify it with nothing more than a blurry photo. When the algorithms feed them bird-related ...

Red-breasted nuthatches, with their bold personalities and unmistakable “yank, yank, yank,” remind us to slow down and notice even the smallest wonders in our own lives.

Scientific evidence suggests dinosaurs met their extinction through asteroid impact. Today, if a species goes extinct, chances we as humans had something to do with it. In this century alone, we've ...

He put the bird headfirst into a black tube that sat on a tiny scale. He called out the weight (35.9 grams, or 1.2 ounces) to volunteer Peggy Sagan, who was writing information down on a chart. Junda ...

Despite the tragic loss of most of our native forest species, Guam remains a surprisingly good place to find birds.

Bird banding at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in South Wellfleet is delicate work, more like jewelry repair ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Non-verbal gestures are an integral part of how humans and some ...

The multicolored tanager, a small bird that lives only in the mountains of Colombia, is a draw for birdwatchers. Deep in a forest in the Andes, high atop a tall tree, there’s a quick, colorful flash ...