That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

It’s pretty safe to say that a bird’s beak is one of its most obvious features. And it’s super important! It’s used for ...

The emptiness of nature’s winter pantry is giving way to an abundant buffet as our migrating birds return. Maple and basswood trees extend a welcome, offering up sweet ambrosia to sustain ...

The yellow, red, orange ... At the river's edge two birds will lock beaks and attempt to force each other underwater. Breeding season requires a pause in the usual hostilities between sexes.

The Long-tailed Finch is a small, elegant bird with a distinctive long ... Both sexes look mostly similar, with either a yellow or orange beak, orange legs, and a black tail. Females may sometimes be ...

Its large, hooked yellow beak and powerful yellow talons are distinctive features, complemented by piercing pale eyes. Females are larger than males and may be as much as a third larger than males; ...

The Java sparrow is ready for the video recording. As I hold it carefully in my hand in order to transfer it to the recording ...

Trimming Soleil and Ophelia's beaks and nails is part of their monthly routine. While Soleil takes it like a pro, Ophelia’s ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

How fast does the beak move? To answer these questions, I’m recording high-speed X-ray videos of the feeding birds. Interestingly, I discovered some fascinating differences in beak movement ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...