We all know the early bird gets the worm, but how does he find it? That American Robin in your neighborhood park—how did it ...

Crows and their corvid kin have brains that, relative to their body size, are among the largest of any bird. Crows congregate in Burnaby, British Columbia. Research suggests that like humans and other ...

The scientific study of birds is called ornithology. It is a specialized zoological discipline, which deals with the ...

A male blue-winged warbler. Long-distance bird migration is one of the natural world's most inspiring phenomena-but the story of how we know what we know about bird migration is almost as amazing as ...

The dodo bird vanished more than 300 years ago, but its story still sparks curiosity. Native to just one island and wiped out in just a few decades, the dodo has become a symbol of extinction and ...

Aiden Love never forgot seeing a demonstration when he was a young boy by ornithologist Mike Bishop. A resident of Alma, Love remembered the excitement of learning about birds, their migration habits ...

Guatemala's national bird is one of the hidden gems of Central America. Read the story of one woman's quest to track it down ...

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Spring is sweeping over Southeast Texas, and with it, comes millions of colorful songbirds. After a trip spanning thousands ...

On Thursday, as families and friends come together around a feast, millions of these households will have a turkey as their centerpiece. In many ways, Thanksgiving has become synonymous with turkeys.