Do common grackles deserve their bad reputation? Learn why they're cooler than you think — and why scientists are watching ...

Piping plover chicks are ready to roam the beach just hours after hatching. Fortunately, their parents stay close to shelter ...

From frigatebirds and gulls to curlews and cormorants, researchers are tapping the ”Internet of Animals” to map, understand, and protect our changing world.

A baby hummingbird might have a special way of warding off predators, which threaten tropical hummingbird species in infancy.

In her watercolor triptych, Rosalie Haizlett celebrates the vibrant colors and details found in the feathers of common—and ...

“There, no matter what I did, I could only seem to get the common stuff,” says Randazzo, whose new yard — wide open and bordering a sheep farm and woods — is bustling with birds. He’s ...

Beauty and nature’s resilience are at the core of Vasilisa Romanenko’s work. The Connecticut-based artist paints faithful depictions of common yet dignified birds amid clusters of fruits and flowers, ...

The hemagglutinin in H5N1 is excellent at binding to a particular cell-surface receptor that’s common in the digestive tract in birds, a cow’s mammary glands, and human eyes. We are lucky it ...

While studying some of the birds feeding in my backyard, I saw a small woodpecker that acted and looked like a Downy. The only problem was that it had an almost black belly instead of a white one. The ...

The birds of Wimbledon Common have a group of young naturalists to thank for making them feeders from recycled materials. The Wimbledon Common Nature Club event, supported by London Wildlife Trust ...

Bosnia-Herzegovina is popular with bird hunters from abroad. Many come from Italy to shoot quail. But some hunters use illegal electronic lures to attract birds. Massive numbers of migratory birds ...