Birds

A flock. A gaggle. A murder. A look inside the curious world of our avian friends—from their brains, songs, courtship rituals, and ancient evolutionary history.

Latest in Birds

A bird on a feeder eating seeds.
Gear

How to pick the right bird feeder and feed for your area

By John Alexander

an adult osprey looks on as the heads of three chicks pop out over a nest
Environment

Three osprey chicks hatch in 500-pound steel nest boxes

By Laura Baisas

Thrush songbird
Science

Ancient Romans snacked on deep-fried songbirds

By Andrew Paul

Hammerhead shark in water
Environment

Osprey drops hammerhead shark onto disc golf field

By Andrew Paul

Sunny (top) practicing her hovering skills on May 29. She remained airborne for 3.3 seconds.
Environment

Famous eaglets Sunny and Gizmo have both officially left the nest

By Laura Baisas

Close up of white cockatoo
Environment

Wild cockatoos are learning how to use water fountains

By Andrew Paul

two birds with black and white plumage with dots of yellow or blue feathers neat their beaks sit near a nest
Environment

Male hornbills are at their mates’ every beck and call

By Margherita Bassi

Adélie penguins walking along the Antarctic coastline.
Environment

How pungent poop could help Antarctica’s penguins

By Laura Baisas

a bird sits in several paper towels forming a circular donut-shaped nest
Environment

Why a ‘donut’ can help injured birds

By Margherita Bassi

Blue jay on city sidewalk.
Environment

What to do if you find a baby bird out of its nest

By RJ Mackenzie

thousands of birds take to the sky
Environment

Weather radar picks up over 1 million migrating birds

By Margherita Bassi

four puffins with white and black plumage and bright orange bills stand on a rock overlooking the north sea
Environment

Puffin-counting season begins with two new livestreams

By Laura Baisas

The Chicago Archaeopteryx, under UV light to expose soft tissues.
Science

Feathered fossil shows famed dinosaur could fly (like a chicken)

By Andrew Paul

two eaglets with black feathers sitting in nest
Environment

Bittersweet fledge watch begins for bald eagles Sunny and Gizmo

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a pink flamingo feeding in a shallow pool. a swirling vortex of water is near its beak
Environment

Flamingos conjure ‘water tornadoes’ to trap their prey

By Laura Baisas

a papier mache bird sits in a field
Environment

Grand Teton deploys papier-mâché birds

By Popular Science Team

A blue tit flies to a feeder in a garden, where a great spotted woodpecker is currently sitting.
Environment

Are backyard bird feeders safe? How to stop illness and intruders.

By Laura Baisas

Bald eaglets in canoe with caps over eyes
Environment

Rescuers borrow canoe to save baby bald eagles in river

By Andrew Paul

an owl has a full juvenile turtle in her beak. an owlet stands at her feet staring up
Environment

Watch an owl try to eat a turtle whole

By Laura Baisas

An osprey sits on its nest protected by a human-made basket.
Environment

To protect birds and motorists, engineers build a steel nest box on bridge

By Laura Baisas