National Bird Day 2025 highlights how bird population changes reveal environmental stress and ecosystem health worldwide.

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...

The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph in level flight, common swifts can stay airborne for months thanks to their ...

Some of the biggest birds on Earth can stand taller than any NBA player and spread their wings wider than a king size bed. There are almost 10,000 species of birds on Earth and they come in all ...

BOISE, Idaho — Boise is a home to one of the most influential conservation projects, with impacts on communities around the globe. The World Center for Birds of Prey is the headquarters of the ...

Several human activities have facilitated unprecedented changes in the environment. These changes have endangered several species on the planet. And now, a team of researchers claims the destruction ...

What’s your guess for Earth’s most isolated island? It’s not Hawaii. It’s not Fiji. In fact, if you’re thinking beaches, palm trees and turquoise water, you’d be dead wrong. The most isolated island ...

Birds are incredible athletes with unique capabilities – some specializing in diving techniques to plunge down upon prey ...

Many migratory birds use Earth’s magnetic field as a compass, but some can also use information from that field to determine more or less where they are on a mental map. Eurasian reed warblers ...