Colourful birds at greater risk from poachers, finds study - Researchers explored whether colour is associated with trade of ...

Significantly, the Chicago specimen is the first known Archaeopteryx fossil to preserve tertials — the flight feathers ...

A new harrier biology study says these large daylight-hunting hawks have evolved an auditory system similar to owls ...

Residents in some communities are dealing with an unexpected crime wave: Avian vandals damaging their cars' mirrors and windshields.

A Chicago fossil of Archaeopteryx uncovers unknown features, supporting theories of bird evolution from dinosaurs and ...

A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

“The birds can go in and out. And they chose to come there.” ...

Naturalist Sam Bland and his wife Bright, while in western Wyoming, recently trekked into the night to observe a researcher ...

Draw a short, pointed beak extending from the head. Make sure it’s in line with the direction the bird is flying. At the ...

Some smaller species, such as the Yellow Warbler, can also recognize cowbird eggs are not their own but since they’re not ...

Black flies are very tiny, blood-sucking flies in the insect family Simuliidae. Contrary to their name, black flies may be ...

Why it's awesome: The hoatzin is often regarded as one of the world's strangest birds. Hatchlings are born with clawed wings ...