Birds are getting smaller all around the world, suggests a new study. Indigenous people and local communities on three continents reported a "drastic" decline in the body mass of several species.

Deep in the rainforests of Australia and New Guinea lurks a creature that looks like it stepped straight out of the Jurassic period. The southern cassowary, a massive flightless bird with razor-sharp ...

One of the main ways to identify birds is physical appearance and once you start looking closer, it becomes obvious that ...

Language enables us to connect with each other and coordinate to achieve incredible feats. Our ability to communicate abstract concepts is often seen as a defining feature of our species, and one that ...

With a click of the mouse, people can experience the everyday lives of birds in real time through live cameras run by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Launched in 2012, the Cornell Lab Bird Cams have ...

Thousands of miles and perfect timing: former DNR naturalist Bill Volkert explains mystery of bird migration at Waupaca ...

Light pollution is causing birds around the world to sing for longer each day, prolonging their vocalizations on average by 50 minutes, according to a new study by Brent Pease and Neil Gilbert. In ...

Avian influenza has been rampaging in wild birds around the world since late 2021. It can now be considered widespread in many types of wild birds, and has also spread to many other species including ...