Every spring, migratory birds arrive in the continental United States from south and central America to breed. But precisely when they arrive each spring varies from year to year. In a NASA-led study ...

Every year, approximately 7 million birds migrate through the city of Chicago as they travel the Mississippi Flyaway, one of the primary migration routes for North American birds. However, for these ...

Avian influenza (bird flu) is a highly contagious disease of wild and captive birds. Controlling its spread remains a major ...

For some birds, recognising their own eggs can be a matter of life or death. Scientists have used imafe recognition technology to show that birds defending their nests against the Common Cuckoo - ...

Somewhere in the sun-scorched grasslands of Venezuela, a green-rumped parrotlet lands at the entrance of a wooden nest box and lets out a short, sharp call. Inside, a clutch of chicks answers, each ...

Wading bird numbers in the Florida Everglades are driven by water patterns that play out over multiple years according to a new study. Previously, existing water conditions were seen as the primary ...