CASTLE DANGER -- A quick flitter in the treetops, then a chirp or short song is all it takes to get Anna Peterson to make a mark on her clipboard. She pauses on her walk through the woods, checks her ...

Alameda is a bird-lover’s paradise, so it’s fitting that the K Gallery at Rhythmix Cultural Works is presenting “Flight ...

Every spring, migratory birds arrive in the continental United States from south and central America to breed. But precisely when they arrive each spring varies from year to year. In a NASA-led study ...

When the song pauses in a game of musical chairs, everyone jostles for one of the remaining seats. Bird migration today is much the same. When it’s time for a break in their biannual travels, ...

Is it the sign of the a-flock-alypse? Scientists are warning that climate change is disrupting bird migration patterns, which could have potentially dire implications for both our feathered friends ...

Platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird encourage people to observe and document nature, but how accurate is the ecological data that they collect? In a new study published in Citizen Science: Theory ...

Ithaca, NY—Worldwide, the cost of bird collisions with planes has been estimated at $1.2 billion per year. But information on bird movements throughout the year can help avoid damage to aircraft and ...

Bird strikes with aircraft pose a serious threat to human safety. The problem dates back to the early days of aviation, with the first death of a pilot recorded in 1912 when an aircraft crashed into ...

Western tanagers are migratory birds that are present in Northern California in the spring and again in late summer. A new study shows that observations by 'citizen scientists' using apps such as ...