Birds signal the start of spring, but their shifted timing has scientists concerned. A study revealed migratory birds are reaching their nesting grounds earlier. WBUR reported that the study, ...

Experts are sounding the alarm after noticing unusual shifts in bird migration and survival strategies. They say the changes connect directly to rising global temperatures. A recent report from NBC ...

A study by the University of Vienna and Anglia Ruskin University challenges this belief. Female birds do sing, and in many ...

The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, also found that developing animals, including embryos ...

The upcoming total solar eclipse is set to bring people from around the country to stare in awe at the cosmological wonder, but it may also spark strange behavior in birds. The timing of the ...

Instinct does play a role in nest-building, but so much more seems to be involved. Entwined with instinct are reason, ...

Birds were observed acting strangely during the recent total solar eclipse that stunned much of the United States earlier this month. Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology noticed that there ...

As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers. The ornithology curator at the Natural ...

Aguilar, who specializes in bird behavior, set out in summer 2023 to find a system to gather large volumes of data on the eclipse’s effects on local birds’ daily routines. With the help of Luddy ...

A bird's persistent nesting behavior after eggs are gone is not confusion but a biological lag. Internal cues like hormones ...

For birds that inhabit developed areas of the Pacific Northwest, the reduction in noise and commotion from COVID-19 lockdowns may have allowed them to use a wider range of habitats in cities, a new ...

When daylight dimmed as the moon eclipsed the sun over the Hill Country, we saw cliff swallows zigzagging through the skies suddenly vanish, mockingbirds cease their loud songs and a hyperactive ...