The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph ...

How often have you heard the phrase "bird brain," a classic belittlement of avian mental abilities? The truth is that over the past five decades or so, studies of avian intelligence have shown that ...

Sept. 5 (UPI) --According to a new study, birds living at higher latitudes complete the feather molting process faster than their peers living closer to the equator. Previous studies have shown birds ...

Why be interested in birds? If I had to make the case to my 8-year-old self, I might emphasize a simple but easy-to-forget fact: they are fast. Really, really fast. Some facets of this are visible in ...

When it comes to powered animal flight, bats have always seemed to come second to birds. But scientists who flew a plane to track the flight of Brazilian free-tailed bats have clocked these winged ...

Size, safety and parenting all have an impact on how quickly a species of bird matures, according to new research that could help scientists to understand and predict how animals will respond to ...

Weather radar reveals that spring and autumn migrations are happening earlier on a continental scale than they were 20 years ago The long-billed curlew (Numenius americanus) is a large North American ...

It's no secret that fast food is unhealthy and that may be true for more than just humans. A new study has found that crows located in urban environments are suffering from high cholesterol as a ...

Birds have been getting sick and dying in the Kansas City metro due to a rapidly-spreading strain of avian influenza, according to biologists and veterinarians. The highly pathogenic Eurasian H5N1 ...

Fast-food titans, embroiled in a chicken-sandwich battle, are trying to beat each other with small weapons. Little chickens, whose quarter-pound breasts fit perfectly inside a bun, are proving ...