As you begin to see nests full of baby chicks and fledgling birds hopping around in your backyard, you may wonder: how do ...

The avian world is a treasure trove of fascinating and often bizarre mating rituals. Explore the different types of bird behaviors.

In all, the marathon dance-off enlists the participation of more than 40,000 flamingos, but it’s by no means the only natural ...

Dustin Chen (UK) sacrifices his legs to leeches to experience the breathtaking display of a flame bowerbird. Sharing his hide with a host of leeches, Dustin watched the flame bowerbird with awe. For ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Bald eagles, aka Haliaeetus leucocephalus, seem to be models of decorum. The raptors mate for life, unless one partner ...