These colors distinguish them as some of the world's most dramatic and attractive birds. Males often sport vibrant feathered ruffs or amazingly elongated feathers, which are known as wires or ...

Credit: Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography via Getty Images There are thousands of species of birds living on Earth today–anywhere from around 10,000 to as many as 18,000, depending on ...

Buildings are one of the top bird killers in the United States, with more than a billion birds dying after a building crash each year. About 60% of birds brought to wildlife rehabilitators or ...

Birds don’t understand glass. They haven’t been taught to recognize the structural cues indicating a pane is present, like a rectangular frame or door handle. Instead they often try to fly ...

The majority of birds that are injured or stunned hitting buildings don’t recover, a new U.S. study has found, which could push estimates for the number of birds killed flying into buildings far ...

Aug. 21, 2024 — Human-wildlife overlap could increase across about 57% of the global lands by 2070 and could lead to more conflict between people and animals. Understanding where the overlap is ...

We can explain. By Yan Zhuang To become a bird, pull an oversize T-shirt over your arms and torso. Hide your legs. Let your hands stick out like claws and your empty sleeves flap like wings.

A newly released video showed a well-known Chinese elite special operations force using a biomimetic drone disguised as a small bird during a shooting competition in the country. The bird-like ...

To estimate how many birds die from window collisions after surviving the initial impact, the team studied data from eight states regarding 3,100 avian collision cases over the years 2016 to 2021.

When it comes to birds, there may be more than just avian flu to be worried about. It has been suggested that there are over 60 other diseases that birds and their droppings can carry. The problem ...

We simulated a race between the fastest fliers to find out. Welcome to the bird Olympics, where we try to figure out the avian world’s fastest fliers. If you think you already know the answer ...

We have added new and updated information to our Runner-up section on Bird Buddy. You may not know the difference between a bunting and a bobolink yet, but you do know when something has swung by ...