Glacier-carved fields and ephemeral wetlands provide a crucial stopover for long-distance migrants and prolific breeding ...

For centuries, researchers have pondered how starlings travel in those gorgeous shape-shifting clouds. The answers continue ...

The massive annual spring migration of America's birds – millions of them – is underway. Here's how to follow along at home.

Birds without natural immunity that migrate or roost together in large flocks, such as geese, are most likely to die in large ...

In North America, birds typically fly south for the winter before food is less available during the colder months, then back north in the spring to take advantage of growing insect populations ...

More than five years after a landmark study revealed a staggering decline in North American bird populations, a new report ...

Here’s a look at these easygoing birds of North America and the qualities that make them so abundant. Check out 15 backyard birds you should know. Male red-wings, flashing their scarlet shoulder ...

Ravens are specialized feeders on the carcasses of large mammals such as moose during the harsh winter months of North America. The birds roost together at night on a tree, arriving noisily from ...

His efforts culminated in the publication of "The Birds of America," a groundbreaking work that showcased his detailed paintings and contributed significantly to the field of ornithology.

It's not hard to imagine why a group of teenagers might attempt to steal John James Audubon's book The Birds of America, a true story told in the film American Animals. Published 1827-1838, it's ...

Whether they’re going a few miles or a quarter of the way across the world, birds migrate to escape conditions that threaten their survival. When winter arrives in North America, the flowers ...

Nest researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra stumbled upon a bird nest that appeared to go back 30 years in time – filled with historical plastics. His discovery of successive layers of plastic in birds’ ...