The sun is shining, the temperature is rising and birds are singing. It's spring. Of course, we don't have to respond to all ...

H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Birds are often associated with flight, but not all of them take to the skies. Around 60 species — fewer than 1% of all bird ...

Dust bathing' is a documented phenomenon among birds. Here's why scientists think they do it — and how to add a bird dust ...

Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.

North Jersey students are creating a video on climate change impacts to the region's ecosystem. A focus is the declining ...

One of the nation’s leading experts on a critically endangered bird says potential federal spending cuts could spell doom for ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...

A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak, after eating raw food or drinking unpasteurized milk. Though there are no ...

Bird banding has long been a valuable tool for studying the movements of migratory birds, providing essential insights into ...

The research, published March 19 in the journal Nature, suggests parrots (and specifically parakeets) could be a model for ...