Birds understand many sounds around them, from mates to alarms, and this hidden skill may hint at how human language first ...

For decades, scientists have known that only a few groups of birds—songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds—can learn to produce ...

The thieves moved stealthily, under cover of darkness, well prepared and with a hit list: 40 budgies, 20 canaries, two ...

Are These Storks or Cranes? Test Your Knowledge of Migratory Birds in Our Quiz! Photo: Getty Images When the sky is crisscrossed by V-shaped formations and distant calls echo through the air, it’s ...

Pop star Nelly Furtado has announced that she is retiring from live performances for the “foreseeable future” in favour of ...

A singer who rose to fame in the early 2000s with a string of hits including I’m Like a Bird, Promiscuous and Maneater has ...

The total solar eclipse in North America on April 8, 2024, temporarily reset the biological clocks of some bird species, according to new research. The eclipse created a dramatic spectacle as the moon ...

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds — one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies — is a joy like no other. It’s not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby. A ...

Associate Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, West Virginia University Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds – one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies – is a joy like no other. It is ...

After a long summer of steamy humid nights, nothing beats sleeping with the windows open when the temperature finally drops. Fall weather arrived recently here in Michigan, where my family has a ...

Aug 31 (Reuters) - The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus was confirmed in poultry at a premises in southwestern England, the UK government said on Sunday. A 3 km (about 2 miles) protection ...

Every birder knows the wonderful feeling of hearing a new bird, followed by the desire to discover what bird they heard and then the thrill of correct identification. Whether a new birder with the ...