Frigatebirds can remain airborne for days at a time without landing. Here’s how they rest while flying, according to ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the ...

Birds such as the Mandarin duck, scarlet macaw, and lilac-breasted roller come in colors that seem to defy reality. Some ...

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Thursday that it had five preliminary positive cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in Suffolk County.

Filling bird feeders with seed and refilling them when they're empty isn't enough to keep backyard birds safe and nourished.

Learn how eastern bluebirds share bird boxes in winter, what triggers this behavior, and which other backyard birds do it too ...

Health officials are alarmed by more than 50 confirmed human cases of a bird flu variant across seven states this year, with a new case confirmed this week in a California child without known contact ...

A wild bird showing potential signs of bird flu at the Sedgwick County Zoo has led to a part of the zoo being temporarily closed amid other restrictions, zoo officials said Thursday.

A western snowy plover — a rare bird native to San Diego — was released back into the wild on Thursday, ending a weekslong rehabilitation that required specialized care from the veterinarians at the ...