Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt created the character’s high-pitched, electronic chattering by combining his own voice and ...

Discover the origins of the name "John Crow" in Jamaica, the bird’s role in Jamaican culture, and how it inspired the naming ...

A new study provides a clear picture of how birds are responding to climate change in the mountains near Vancouver.

An unusually early outbreak of bird flu cases affecting high numbers of wild birds and poultry farms across Europe and North ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...

The results identified a 12% increase in the presence of insectivorous birds like chaffinches, blackbirds, and black caps.

Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 ...

Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a paper on the remarkable phenomenon of sex reversal in several ...

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Millions are spent to clean up after the birds and to install spikes and nets to keep them from fouling transit stations and bridges. Are birth control pills next?

Big game attracts many hunters to the West, but the region is also home to some of the country’s best upland bird hunting.

When we breathe out, we empty our lungs. But an ancient reptile figured out a more efficient way to breathe, which ultimately ...