Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

The Audubon Bird Guide is a free and complete field guide to over 800 species of North American birds, right in your pocket. Built for all experience levels, it will help you identify the birds around ...

"It’s dangerous for human beings to vaccinate the birds," the health secretary said John Parra/Getty; Getty Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the worsening avian flu crisis, saying vaccinating ...

Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in remote tropical forests and woodland habitats of Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and ...

Birds have remarkable ways of finding feeders that combine keen senses with social learning and memory. That first chickadee discovering your brand-new feeder isn't just random luck—it's the result of ...

One of the loudest and most colorful birds of eastern back yards and woodlots, the Blue Jay is unmistakable. Intelligent and adaptable, it may feed on almost anything, and it is quick to take ...

Birds of prey, or raptors, are carnivorous birds that hunt and kill prey using a combination of their keen senses, strong talons and sharp, hooked beaks. Ranging from the minuscule falconet to the ...

Themes: The Big Schools Birdwatch; International Dawn Chorus Day; nature; the wonder of creation; looking after birds and our world in general. Pupils Sonia and Lamek find out how to help birds ...

Here is a look at birds' spiritual meanings in folklore, native cultures, and modern beliefs. Symbol of love: In Greek mythology, the sparrow was one of the birds associated with Aphrodite, the ...

Researchers have been eavesdropping on an unusual family of crows in Spain, collecting data on hundreds of thousands of different sounds the birds made. Small microphones recorded a variety of ...

About 64,000 birds are being culled in County Tyrone after suspected avian flu was reported at a commercial poultry premises. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera ...

With unprecedented pressures on funding, we need your help now more than ever to continue our essential surveys. The Winter Gull Survey collects information about our wintering gull populations, ...