Birds that dive may be at greater risk of extinction
Birds that dive underwater — such as penguins, loons and grebes — may be more...
Female Bengalese finches have lifelong preference for their father’s song to other birds’
IMAGE: Fig 3. Results of the preference test (vocal behavior). (a, d) Population mean of the...
‘Babysitters’ provide boost to offspring of elderly birds
Seychelles warbler. Credit: Photo taken by Remi Jouan, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Young Seychelles...
Cities can help migrating birds on their way by planting more trees and turning lights off at night
Tennessee Warblers (Leiothlypis peregrina) breed in northern Canada and spend winters in Central and South...
Less light, more trees assist migrating birds
Seasonal species richness of nocturnally migrating passerine bird species within 333 urban areas located in...
Here’s the real story behind Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’
A story about bird brains. (Tom McNamara/)Popular Science’s WILD LIVES is a monthly video series...
In the Amazon’s ‘sand forests,’ birds play by different evolutionary rules
White sand ecosystem patch at the Reserva de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (RDS) do Uatumã, Central Amazonia....
Migration and molt affect how birds change their colors — ScienceDaily
In late summer and autumn, millions of birds fly above our heads, often at night,...
The birds have variable migration strategies — ScienceDaily
Through a large-scale study with so-called geolocators, researchers led by Miriam Liedvogel of the Max...
Migration and molt affect how birds change their colors
Indigo buntings and other migratory birds molt before making the long trek south every fall....