There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name ...

Instead of mobbing the would-be intruder, the female warblers zip back to their nests and sit firmly to prevent the cowbird from laying eggs there. The yellow warbler’s staccato warning call is ...

My peanut butter feeder draws a nice assortment of visitors, including chickadees, nuthatches, siskins, juncos, a hairy ...

I was in the foothills of Siswan, stealing in by twilight to watch fireflies by a minor check-dam; as the moon deepened ray ...

A new study shows that one group of Galápagos yellow warblers responds to intruders more aggressively than others. It adds ...

A new atlas catalogs nearly 11,000 bird names, revealing their origins, meanings, and the surprising stories behind how birds ...

Why call it an ovenbird? A turkey could more reasonably be called an ovenbird, since it is commonly roasted in an oven; this ...

The overall ecological function of Qinghai Lake has been steadily enhanced, with more than 3,400 Przewalski's gazelles ...

For decades, people have been trying to find the ivory-billed woodpecker, convinced it’s still out there, despite many – ...

From walking upright on two legs to evolving feathers and wishbones and eventually developing wings (one of the most ...

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