Conservation has long depended on measurement. Populations are counted, habitats mapped, trends plotted against baselines ...

Scientists have long focused on rising temperatures to understand how climate change is reshaping the natural world. But ...

When Logan Parker first sees a male, black-throated blue warbler near his Maine home each spring, two things strike him about the tiny bird – its stunning appearance and the thousands of miles it ...

Migratory birds change how high they fly over deserts and seas. Wing shape, feather color, and heat all play a role in helping them survive.

Every year, billions of birds undertake extraordinary migrations, crossing vast deserts and open seas with no place to stop, feed, or rest. A new international study published in iScience by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ducks with bird flu being collected avian flu H5N1 virus Frank Soellner/Getty Images Then, in the summer of 2023, bird flu hit ...

As winter loosens its cold grip on New England, morning bird song fills the air even before the sun comes up. But as the climate warms, backyard birds once seen as signs of spring, are now year-round ...

Finland has completed a comprehensive update of its Important Bird Areas (IBA) network, reflecting relevant changes in bird ...

One day the dark-eyed juncos were out there willingly eating the white millet I provided for them, and the next day they were gone. All winter no spotted towhees came to my feeders, then one day I had ...