Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many ...

Much of Minnesota is locked in a severe or extreme drought. This is certainly bad news for farmers. But what about our birds? Drought can affect birds in several ways. In spite of the drought, ...

People have always been interested in where wild animals go, especially when they were a primary food source. Now one of the questions is: why are North American grassland bird populations shrinking?

This is the time of year when many bird lovers are happy to see a frenzy of birds at their feeders and in their yards. These birds are not simply replenishing their energy after rearing their ...

Florida is a veritable bird-spotting paradise for experienced ornithologists and aspiring bird-watchers. What’s more, there ...

The strain of bird flu is distinct from what has previously been found in dairy cattle. The finding raises some worrying ...

The Lac du Der was once just a passing glimpse for hundreds of thousands of cranes flying from Scandinavia in search of ...

People in northern climates are familiar with flocks of birds flying south in the winter, but why do they do it, and why ...

For example, Ms Wu and collaborators argue that our knowledge of birdsong is strongly biased: it is based on northern ...

Hummingbirds are small but remarkably tough. Some species make migrations of over 5,590 miles a year. Their journeys are largely fueled by nectar, which is sipped from wildflowers and converted ...

Mapping fish migration routes and identifying threats is crucial to protecting freshwater species and their habitats, ecologists argue.

The festival aims to celebrate the Pacific Flyway, an ancient bird migration route that connects the arctic to the Patagonia Mountains in South America. Many bird species spend their winters in ...