First, these parrots learned to open trash cans to forage for food. Now, they’ve taken it a step further – and have figured out how to turn on water fountains for a sip along with their meal.

Sulfur-crested cockatoos are trash-can bandits in the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Humans use tools to protect their bins, and the birds then go the extra mile to break in.

Birds are some of the most colorful animals on Earth, with a palette of rainbow tones to feast your eyes on. Here are our picks for some of our most flamboyant feathered friends.

The GBBC, which was launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, is an annual four-day event in February during which anyone around the world can observe, identify ...

In Hong Kong, a feral population of yellow-crested cockatoos could be the last hope for the critically endangered species. Researcher Astrid Andersson is on a mission to safeguard the species and ...

Although water is essential for survival, many desert birds are adapted to exist with very little of it. Black-throated sparrows, found all over the Southwest, go weeks or even months at a time ...

Dozens of birds have met their sudden and violent demise in a California neighborhood in recent months, dropping out of the sky mid-flight and falling dead on city streets and in backyards.

Main image, a great-crested flycatcher. Inset, a snake bares its fangs. The flycatcher is one of a number of birds that line their nests with shed snakeskin because, a new study reports, it scares ...

Richmond, Calif., residents say birds in their community are getting electrocuted by power lines, but officials suspect foul play. The mystery of Northern California's 'exploding' birds is being ...

There are only 45 other birds of their kind in North American zoos. The plush-crested jay chicks hatched at the zoo in July. Click here for important updates to our privacy policy.