Birds are often envied for their ability to fly, but not all of them can. Learn how birds can manipulate feathers, bone and wing structure to soar through the air and even dive-bomb into the water for food.
Starlings are short and thick, with dark feathers and long, pointy bills. Collectively, however, they transform into something else entirely.
The parrots of the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco are legendary, but how did they get there?
There's a lot of conversation around what we should be feeding our backyard hummingbird visitors, so we threw the question, along with others, to an expert.
The smallest owls in the world have mad survival skills, like killing poisonous scorpions and playing dead.
Wisdom the Laysan albatross is pushing 70, but laid another egg this year.
Berries are a great food source for birds, but this diet can backfire when the fruit starts to ferment.
Only birds have a special voice box — the syrinx — and it's what they use to sing. But what's so unique about the syrinx is that it's actually an evolutionary anomaly.
Why do birds do that? A global citizen science project wants you to help them find out.
A French theme park has trained a crew of six rooks to pick up after its messy guests.
Partial migration — where some animals or birds in the same species migrate regularly and others don't — is more common than you'd think. But what explains that behavior?
The American swamp sparrow has created an oral tradition that's lasted more than a millennium.
What benefit does one bird get from copying another bird's calls?
It's easy to mistake a crow for a raven or vice versa. But the two birds are actually pretty different.
Spontaneous sex reversal in chickens is pretty rare, but it does happen. Find out how Miss Lucille became Mr. Lucille.
Most of the scientific attention to birdsong has been paid to the male of the species. But many female birds sing too — and scientists are starting to understand how important it is to study them as well.
Does your parakeet understand the cardinal chirping outside its window? Can a pigeon's noises mean anything to a crow? Yes, it can.
Certain urban-dwelling bird species use cigarette butts in building their nests.
Aside from humans, these birds are the only ones who make drumsticks for musical purposes.
Sure, your voice is great. But can you move? That's what female Java sparrows want to know before they get busy, a new study finds.
Cockatoos aren't just excellent dancers — they're also excellent toolmakers.
A recent study has identified why some seabirds mistake the plastic dumped in the ocean for food. The nose knows why.
Thanks to new technology, researchers have discovered that the common swift flies 10 months a year without landing, setting a world record for uninterrupted time aloft.
Even the frozen continent isn't safe from bird flu.
A South African winery is employing a band of feathered guards to protect from invaders, and these runner ducks are eating up the enemy.
Compared to nearby coastal Asian regions, North Korea's shoreline is relatively underdeveloped. That's been a boon for migratory birds — and the humans who watch them.
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