Scientists have established what could be considered a baseline map of annual avian functional and species diversity patterns in the U.S., finding that functional diversity patterns in the West, where ...

A recent study on social bird behavior has found that more sociality in birds may confer to reduced competition in interactions between and among bird species. The findings, published on March 1 in ...

A study shows that rainfall controls tropical bird breeding by triggering the growth of plants and insect populations.

The upcoming total solar eclipse is set to bring people from around the country to stare in awe at the cosmological wonder, but it may also spark strange behavior in birds. The timing of the ...

Birds signal the start of spring, but their shifted timing has scientists concerned. A study revealed migratory birds are reaching their nesting grounds earlier. WBUR reported that the study, ...

A new study published today in Scientific Reports reveals how birds responded to the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse across North America. The study finds bird vocalizations significantly declined ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where ...

The rain might make us all a bit miserable, but it can have catastrophic influences on relationships—between birds. A small species of bird known as the Seychelles warbler, which live exclusively on ...

Wintering gulls at a protected lake in southern Spain are depositing an estimated 530 kg of plastic into the wetland each ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – There is much more to avian biodiversity in the United States than the number of different species living in a given region or community, but the diversity of birds’ ecosystem ...