June, June, glorious June, when the morning avian chorus is still quite strong. Birds are no longer flirting, serenading, wingwagging and air dancing/tumbling to attract a mate. Couples have hunkered ...

Maria Cristina Tello-Ramos Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct ...

The thunder rolled and lightning danced among the jagged peaks as a summer rainstorm soaked the alpine meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada. Our parkas were zipped tight and heads down as we plodded ...

Here’s a fun quiz to celebrate bird nesting season in New Hampshire. Listen to this episode and see how many bird nests you can identify, just by hearing a description! Bird species choose different ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird, smaller ...

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct and the environment. Instead ...