Dallas’ Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center has been fooling birds for years, reflecting the sky and delivering a hard ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At one point in the not-too-distant past, winter’s lack of birds ...

There's no shortage of weird and wonderful birds on this planet. And you can credit the dinosaurs: The two-legged theropods gave rise to winged beasts that weighed in between 100 and 500 pounds. 🦅 ...

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably different from the familiar creatures we’ve come to recognise. Although ...

This past May, when it finally sank in that I was going to be stuck at home for a very long time because of the pandemic, I took up a hobby that had never especially appealed to me before: birding. I ...

In a rectangular room draped in camouflage netting, four Harris’s hawks took turns flying back and forth between grass-covered perches while scientists recorded their every biomechanical flutter. The ...

Have you heard the latest viral conspiracy theory? Birds aren’t real, and the animals are actually drones sent from the government to spy on you. The theory admits birds were real animals, but U.S.

Listen to Short Wave on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. Millions of people in the U.S. are bird watchers. But, a couple of years ago a satirical conspiracy theory gained popularity ...

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren't solely controlled by instinct and the environment. Instead ...

In our quest to find what makes humans unique, we often compare ourselves with our closest relatives: the great apes. But when it comes to understanding the quintessentially human capacity for ...

After birds died in several states, many blinded with crusted-over eyes, wildlife officials were able to rule out a number of pathogens as the cause. By Sabrina Imbler Jim Tinnell, a wildlife ...