When humans want to move fast—barring speed-walking competitions—we pick up our feet. But when birds need to get somewhere quickly, they tend to always keep one foot on the ground, leading to ...

When Logan Parker first sees a male, black-throated blue warbler near his Maine home each spring, two things strike him about the tiny bird – its stunning appearance and the thousands of miles ...

Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

Red-winged blackbirds are not afraid to dive-bomb at joggers Bird attacks on humans are growing more common as people continue to encroach on bird nesting territory, wildlife experts warn.

All 4,000 birds in Patricia Homonylo's award-winning picture died preventable deaths, the Toronto conservation photographer said. The image, called When Worlds Collide, shows the bodies of birds ...

Newly Discovered Late Cretaceous Birds May Have Carried Heavy Prey Like Extant Raptors Oct. 9, 2024 — Newly discovered birds from Late Cretaceous North America were hawk-sized and had powerful ...

The Bird Photographer of the Year award has been announced, with Canadian photographer Patricia Homonylo scooping the top prize for her thought-provoking image titled When Worlds Collide.

Birds that fill the world’s skies today are living dinosaurs, reminders of a distant and strange past. Decades of major new discoveries and studies have convinced researchers that there’s a direct ...

An image of a peregrine falcon chasing a butterfly, a vulture feasting on a black bear and a surfing penguin are among the winning images of Bird Photographer of the Year 2024. The contest ...

These lessons were designed to accompany the first two parts of the PBS Life of Birds series. Although this lesson plan was developed primarily for grades 9-12, teachers of elementary or middle ...