This article originally appeared on The Revelator. Every morning, at this time of year, a red-winged blackbird greets me as I walk down the street. He’s become a familiar sight and sound, and I watch ...

The bird retina is one of the most energetically expensive tissues in the animal kingdom, yet it doesn’t use the energy ...

Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study. The results could mean that wing-folding is the next step in increasing the propulsive and ...

It hasn't been more than a year and a half since the international researchers' network SPI-Birds started officially. Together they collect, secure and use long-term breeding population data of 1.5 ...

The BALDWIN BIRD RESEARCH LABORATORY, a pioneering ornithological research facility, was established in 1914 by SAMUEL PRENTISS BALDWIN (26 October 1898 - 31 December 1938) at his estate in GATES ...

Erin Stewart, a University of Wyoming master’s student of zoology and physiology from Seattle, Wash., holds a chestnut-backed antbird in Soberania National Park in Panama. Stewart is one of four UW ...

Ashley Paul joined the WJZ team in December 2024 as a reporter, and could not be happier to call Charm City home! Ashley has told stories all across the country, including in Maine, Central ...

If an oil spill happens on the East Coast there are few organizations that can be called upon to come to the aid of injured wildlife. For nearly four decades, Tri-State Bird Rescue based near Newark ...

Migrating birds have adapted to climate change by shrinking, with smaller bodies and shorter legs offset by longer wings. The Field Museum collected over 70,000 birds killed mostly in building ...

Americans often idealize scientists as unbiased, objective observers. But scientists are affected by conscious and unconscious biases, just as people in other fields are. Studies of birds’ vocal ...