Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

If birds left tracks in the sky ... “In winter the starlings gather in large groups,” says Bou, who took this photo in the agrarian village of Arbeca, Spain. “Starlings often prefer cities ...

Every year, we invite readers to send us their best bird, bloom and butterfly photos for our annual Birds & Blooms Photo Contest. For our 2024 photo contest we received thousands of extraordinary ...