That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

The annual migration of sandhill cranes brings bird-watchers in droves to see the ... flapping their wings and sticking their long beaks in the air to vocalize with purring and squawks as they ...

The annual migration of sandhill cranes brings bird-watchers in droves to see the ... flapping their wings and sticking their long beaks in the air to vocalize with purring and squawks as they ...

These birds have a massive wingspan ranging from 6.6 to 11.5 feet, depending on the species, and can weigh up to 25 pounds. Moreover, they have powerful legs and webbed feet that allow them to launch ...

When we think of large birds, we might picture swans, ostriches, or eagles. But which bird is the biggest? Well, it depends ...

Bird beaks are adapted in all sorts of ways according to the kind of food the particular bird species eats. For instance, eagles have hook-tipped beaks for tearing flesh, hummingbirds have long ...

How fast does the beak move? To answer these questions, I’m recording high-speed X-ray videos of the feeding birds. Interestingly, I discovered some fascinating differences in beak movement ...

“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National ...

Its skull has a long, pointed beak and signals a brain shape similar to modern birds, suggesting it is the earliest ancestor of today's duck and geeseCredit: oseph Groenke (Ohio University ...