Some birds are hard to find due to migration patterns, climate preferences, or breeding schedules, but you could spot a rare ...

Think telling sparrows apart is just not worth the effort? Our tips might change your mind. Identify sparrows by habitat, ...

Scientists are on the hunt for over 120 species of birds that may—or may not—be extinct, and they want your help to find them. The ubiquity of smartphones has led to surge in data for birders and ...

Nearly half of the world’s bird species are declining, with at least one in eight species threatened by extinction, a new study found. BirdLife, a 100-year-old conservation organization, released ...

Tens of millions of years ago, a diverse array of bird species soared, swam, and thrived amid their scaly reptile cousins—and ...

Local birders surveyed nine western Maine areas Dec. 14, logging 41 species and contributing data to the nation’s ...

A study published in the journal Ornithological Applications shows how conservation organizations are using data from ...

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot for human society – but it also caused a local species of bird to rapidly evolve, ...

The tallies a group of local birders kept Dec. 16 were part of a wider, ongoing effort to get a census count on bird species ...

Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there: if colorful feathers evolved in the tropics, or if tropical birds have brightly-colored ancestors ...

The rare northern bald ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, has been revived by breeding and rewilding ...