It’s been a big week for birds. BirdCast—a migration forecasting tool operated by Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology—tracked a whopping 1.8 million birds passing over DC on ...

FARMERSBURG, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV)— As the weather heats up, spring birds will be making their trip back up north to make the Midwest their summer home once again. This will lead to several different ...

For many of us, the sound of a bird crashing into a nearby window might be an unfortunately common occurrence. As unpleasant as it is to think about, hundreds of millions of birds die annually due to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan's native birds are arriving for the summer from near and far, but you might not notice as many travel at night. "The ...

Remember when you were a kid and you looked up at the sky to see dozens of geese soaring overhead in a V shape? "Why do they do that?" you probably wondered. Seeing birds — from geese to pelicans and ...

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...

When wood thrushes arrive in northern Mississippi on their spring migration and begin to serenade my neighborhood with their ethereal, harmonized song, it’s one of the great joys of the season. It’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Frigatebirds can remain airborne for days at a time without ...