Scientists have established what could be considered a baseline map of annual avian functional and species diversity patterns in the U.S., finding that functional diversity patterns in the West, where ...

The rain might make us all a bit miserable, but it can have catastrophic influences on relationships—between birds. A small species of bird known as the Seychelles warbler, which live exclusively on ...

A recent study on social bird behavior has found that more sociality in birds may confer to reduced competition in interactions between and among bird species. The findings, published on March 1 in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where ...

When I was growing up, my grandparents’ farm had a fence post that housed eastern bluebirds. These gorgeous little birds were ...

New research shows mountain birds move up and down slopes to save energy, find food, and avoid competition across seasons.

Excerpt: Fifteen brief minutes of winter bird counting can turn feeder watching into real science that protects all species ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – There is much more to avian biodiversity in the United States than the number of different species living in a given region or community, but the diversity of birds’ ecosystem ...

As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers. The ornithology curator at the Natural ...