A small-bird species, the Japanese tit (Parus minor), uses wing movements as a gesture to convey the message 'after you,' according to new research. When a mating pair arrives at their nest box with ...

After a quiet summer, the virus is hitting poultry flocks hard in the run-up to the holidays — and in the midst of a federal ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

Ralph Venstreets/University of California, Davis A little over a year ago, Marcela Uhart was walking on the beach in Punta Delgada, Argentina. It was peak breeding session on this peninsula known for ...

Bird flu cases are rising earlier than expected as wild birds migrate. That could make for a challenging autumn, but it's too ...

“Birds do some amazing things,” says NH Audubon raptor biologist Chris Martin, co-host of Something Wild, “and migration is at the top of that list.” Scott Weidensaul is a naturalist and ornithologist ...

A small-bird species, the Japanese tit (Parus minor), uses wing movements as a gesture to convey the message “after you,” according to new research at the University of Tokyo. When a mating pair ...

In the U.S., bird flu headlines have focused on an unprecedented number of American cases and the impact of the virus on dairy cows and on poultry. In this May 22, 2018 photo, ruddy turnstones, larger ...