Winter poses several challenges for birds. Scarce food supplies and limited water are just a few obvious challenges for nearly all of them. Extremely cold temperatures, strong winds, driving snow ...

“When I first held the bird, I noticed that every single feather on both its wings and tail were sheared and look to be intentionally cut off,” Jess Zorge, of Raptor Tales Rescue, sai ...

The American dipper, a drab-looking bird no larger than a robin, is a splashy rarity: a songbird that swims and even walks underwater. This round-bodied gray bird with short wings and a stubby tail is ...

Wading through a clear knee-deep tidal pool in coastal Florida, I was trying to move slowly, to avoid disturbing a gorgeous American oystercatcher napping on a small sandbar. Oystercatchers are ...

“Birds thrive in some environments where drones and small-scale uncrewed aerial vehicles would ... The team created a model with simplified wings and covert feather-like flaps which they tested inside ...