Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays. Now, it turns out that many species also have ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...

Genetically rare birds are starting to call Missouri home ... accidentally caught another avian anomaly. A mostly-white Red-tailed Hawk was found on Thursday caught in chicken wire on the ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

Winter poses several challenges for birds. Scarce food supplies and limited water are obvious challenges for nearly all of them. Extremely cold temperatures, strong winds, driving snow and ...

Aurornis, which means dawn bird, was about the size of a pheasant. It had downy feathers, but lacked larger feathers and so probably wasn’t able to fly. Like Archaeopteryx, it had claws and a long ...

There he made his name as a pure professional among the vast number of pilots and engineers who flew the ‘yellow bird’ tailed jets of SIA. The expatriate community in the airline was massive, maybe 60 ...

Against the backdrop of Africa's diverse landscapes, this bold and resourceful bird has earned a reputation as nature's master trickster, using clever deception to steal food from other animals. The ...

Q: The amount of effort that goes into a Christmas Bird Count varies quite a bit across years and count circles. How do you deal with this issue when you calculate abundance trends? How do you know ...

This charming, fluffy ball of feathers with its distinctive long tail is a common sight in gardens and woodlands across Eurasia. The Long-tailed Tit is a tiny, round-bodied bird with a distinctive ...

Check out a preview of the update here. It's now easier than ever to identify a bird you just saw. Enter all you were able to observe—what color was it? How big? What did its tail look like?—and Bird ...