Our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds. These include a family of robins nesting atop a rain gutter, ...

Here are a few quirky facts that we loved learning about from Matt Ridley’s new book Birds, Sex and Beauty (HarperCollins) ...

Researchers have discovered two unusual bird species in New Guinea that are unlike most others. These birds don’t just stand ...

According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a ...

For the past 107 years, Dersh has been ruffling feathers in the Big Apple — dyeing, sewing, gluing, steaming and putting ...

On a backcountry hike I enjoyed a much different, “wow” moment watching ... can often be identified by wings with sharper primary feathers designed to help them preserve energy. Birds such as terns, ...

Global study reveals colorful urban birds thrive, challenging long-held assumptions in urban ecology, with implications for ...

During their spring migration, billions of birds fly from their southern wintering habitats. After the spring breeding season ...

On a backcountry hike I enjoyed a much different ... identified by wings with sharper primary feathers designed to help them preserve energy. Birds such as terns, swifts, ducks, falcons ...

After nesting birds — including threatened wood storks — hurried away from the kerfuffle, the park manager filed complaints ...