Latest Birds Stories
This new, duck-like dinosaur is so wacky scientists thought it was fake
These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums
Meet the man fighting to save our country’s rarest chickens
Ravens are so smart it’s actually kind of disconcerting, new study finds
Cockatoos make their own lil drumsticks to play music
Birds’ ability to fly could determine the shape of their eggs
A bird’s song might be in her genes
How the Galapagos cormorant forgot how to fly
New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin is waddling towards extinction
Love eating chicken? Thank hungry Medieval Catholics.
Birds are changing their songs to shout over traffic noise
The embattled campaign for Canada’s national bird
Lasers reveal the secrets of a feathered dinosaur fossil
Climate change and overfishing set a deadly trap for young penguins
Celebrate Year of the Rooster with the best chicken science
These adorable birds are sexual nomads—and that helps protect their species
Birds with bigger beaks get colder noses
This bird is wearing teeny tiny goggles for science
Pigeons Can Read A Little Bit, New Research Shows
Pigeons Know When They’re Getting Bad Leadership Advice
Hawaiian Crows Discovered To Be Handy With Tools
Scientists Want To Bring A Bird Back From Extinction
Cardinals Slow West Nile Virus’s Spread In Atlanta
Contaminated Carcasses Are Poisoning Critically Endangered California Condors
Birds Can Sleep On The Wing, Sometimes
Dinosaurs May Have Cooed, Not Roared
How Frigatebirds Stay In The Air For Months At A Time
Bird Brains Are Richer In Neurons Than Mammal Brains
The Beauty And Function Of Feathers
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May 6, 2016
Bald Eagle Hits Airplane, Causing Fatal Crash
See How An Owl Flies Silently Through The Night
Dodos Were Actually Not That Dumb
Trained Police Eagles Attack Drones On Command
Dinosaur Courtship Rituals Were Surprisingly Similar To Those Of Modern Birds
Just One Penguin Could Break Up A Huddle
The Greater Sage-Grouse Is Bouncing Back
‘Fear And Loathing’ Cartoonist Ralph Steadman Illustrates Birds On The Brink Of Extinction
Australian Eagle Takes Down A Drone In A Split Second
Watch Mythbusters Slice Open A Chicken With A Drone Rotor
This Is How Jurassic World’s Velociraptors Should Have Looked
To Save Birds And Bats, Create Wildlife Refuges In The Sky
Scientists Have Created Chickens With Dinosaur Snouts
Bird Feeders Attract Non-Native Bird Species
A Birder’s Guide To The Future [Infographic]
Laid Pretty: Five Bird Eggs That Are Beautiful Even Without Dye
Eagle Films Flight From World’s Tallest Building, Sets Record [Video]
Solar Power Towers Are ‘Vaporizing’ Birds
New Evidence That Baby Chicks Have Mental Number Lines Like Humans Do
Can Birds Be Trained To Bring Down Drones?
Antarctic Scientists Infiltrate Penguin Huddles With Adorable Remote-Controlled Car
Evolution Video Game Tests Your Ability To Spot Camouflaged Bird Eggs
Giant Anemone Eats Seabird
Ask Anything: Why Do Some Birds Chirp While Others Gobble?
Video: Aesop-Inspired Study Shows Crows Can Be As Smart As Human Children
Watch A Crow Solve A Complex Puzzle
Chickens Wear Prosthetic Dinosaur Tails, For Science
Killing One Owl, To Save Another, Ruffles Feathers
Video: A First-Person View Of Falcons Taking Down Crows
This African Fish Can Catch and Eat Flying Birds
From Untold Billions To None: How Passenger Pigeons Went Extinct
Which Birds Are Built For Long-Distance Travel? [Infographic]
Find A Blue Chicken Egg? Congrats, Your Chicken Has A Virus
Forget Tweeting, Meet The Birds Who Blog
First-Ever Super-Slow-Motion Video Of Hummingbirds Hovering