New study shows that bird feathers do more than look pretty. They help birds manage heat and stay cool in surprising ways.

As human-caused climate change continues to raise temperatures across the globe, understanding how birds regulate their ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - An unusual partnership between fashion and science is taking flight this spring in University Circle.

A Fork-tailed Flycatcher. Credit: Valentina Gómez-Bahamón, Field Museum Bird feathers have many different functions. Softer down keeps a bird warm and stiffer wing feathers are used for flight.

'Directional Velcro' on birds' feathers prevent gaps from forming between them when hit by a gust of wind. Courtesy of Lentink Lab / Stanford University It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… a bit of both.

Platypuses are true oddballs. They look like a mish-mash of several animals, with duck-like bills, beaver-like tails and ...

Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mass extinction 66 million years ago. But not all the birds alive at the time made it. Why the ancestors of modern birds lived ...

Finding a baby bird laying in your yard can be stressful, but knowing how to respond in the moment can help you avoid doing ...