Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Here’s Why Birds Look So Goofy When They Run Looking silly when they run saves birds energy—and some dinosaurs may have done the same By Meghan Bartels edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier ...

In 2003, when a petition to consider listing the species was denied, there was no more than 10,500 breeding pairs, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. As of last year ...

Animalia 75 percent of North America’s bird species are in decline, study says. Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

The most dangerous bird species are also some of the most beautiful. These seemingly innocent creatures can pack a punch — or peck — that you definitely want to avoid. News.

These are among 42 U.S. bird species that have been placed on “red alert” by the conservation initiative Road to Recovery—and included in State of the Birds 2025, a new report released by a ...

After years-long discussion, birds will no longer be named after people — a decision meant to dissociate the animals from problematic eponyms. The American Ornithological Society announced ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with biologist Johannes Fritz, who's currently on a journey to teach northern bald ibises how to migrate for winter. The birds species was previously extinct in central Europe.

And though the mockingbird is a year-round species in Texas, it is on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife migratory bird species list. Instead, there are other ways to deter a screaming Northern Mockingbird.

The dodo was a flightless bird about the size of a male turkey that had a long, hooked beak and the goofy charm of an emperor penguin. Its ancestor first appeared on Earth more than 25 million ...

The commission rejected a similar bid for protections roughly 20 years ago, and since then the situation has become more dire for the bird — the only owl species to nest and roost in underground ...