"These are quite dramatic changes we're seeing over pretty concerning ranges." ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much of a show. Among the peacock, the toucan, and the macaw, there’s a ...

For instance, researchers use the backyard sightings that users submit to Project FeederWatch —a joint program run by the ...

Many scientific aspects of birds can seem esoteric at first but prove to be interesting once you look at them in a little detail. The “type locality” of a species is one such item. That is the ...

A team of scientists based in Brazil recently reported that they discovered a new species of Tinamou in the mountains of the Serra do Divisor National Park (SDNP) in Brazil, a large national park and ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

William Feeney receives funding from the Spanish National Research Council. He has previously received funding from the Queensland Government, Hermon Slade Foundation, Seaworld Research and Rescue ...

The loss of these birds will lead to the unraveling or to the complete collapse of entire ecosystems. An adult male yellow-bellied sunbird-asity (Neodrepanis hypoxantha) in Ranomafana National Park, ...

Cardinals are one type of bird you should see in your yard in winter, so you want to provide them with the right type of feeder to keep them coming back.