More young birder groups are popping up across the country for teens and tweens who enjoy getting outdoors together to gawk ...

South Africa's famous scenic road has long been a tourist magnet, but only now is the sheer variety of birds awaiting hikers becoming the focus of attention. A new project now aims to turn Garden ...

"Few birds are as likely to start as many arguments among paleontologists as 'vegavis,'" said professor Christopher Torres.

More young birder groups are popping up across the country, for teens and tweens that enjoy getting outdoors together to gawk at wildlife.

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

The Birds of Paradise are among the most spectacular avian species in the world, capturing the imaginations of ornithologists ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross sometimes called the “the queen of seabirds,” has a new chick, Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge announced in a Feb. 6 post on Facebook. Wisdom’s mate was ...

Researchers have discovered that massive beaks and strong bites hinder the velocity of beak movement in songbirds. The ...

The McCormick Bird House would be closed "until further notice," the zoo said. Two animal deaths at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago have been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...