The endearing animals make a pit stop in Bryant Park during their migrations to northern breeding grounds, gathering fans and ...

Birds evolved over millions of years to thrive in specific habitats, yet they’re also remarkably adaptable. Many live in our cities and alongside our infrastructure and readily spread to unfamiliar ...

The American woodcock's mating dance features buzzy calls, spiraling flights up to 350 feet, and zigzagging descents that ...

The American Woodcock is a bird with a ridiculously large number of colorful nicknames. They include bogsucker, mud snipe, night partridge, big-eye, Labrador twister, mudbat, and (most well-known) ...

One of the best ways to attract birds to your yard is to install a birdbath. Here's how to DIY your own in-ground bubbling ...

In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding program. By Emily Anthes Regent honeyeaters were once abundant in the ...

Sue Morgan of SongBird Survival warns of dangers such as fur left out for nesting birds by well-meaning pet owners I was pleased to read Stephen Moss’s account of blue tits starting to sing in his ...

It’s a pleasant spring morning, you’re lazing in bed, and then—clackety thunk-thunk clack! A bird is thrashing away at your window and raising quite a racket. It’s annoying and it’s interrupting your ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The H5N1 bird flu outbreak has spread to other marine mammals, including a sea otter and sea lion. Wildlife ...

François Leroy received funding from the National Science Foundation (OISE-2330423) and from the European Research Council (Grant No. 101044740). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the ...