Long-tailed tits are too small, and potentially too cute, to wear GPS trackers, so field ecologists had to track them on foot. Long-tailed tits are what most internet users would affectionately label ...

The yard is changing color. No, not because of autumn foliage, but because the colorful tropical migrants that came here to nest — scarlet and summer tanagers, indigo buntings, hummingbirds, northern ...

As winter takes hold, look no further than the National Aviary as the place to trade gloomy weather for tropical splendor. The new season “Seaside Escape” showcases the magnificence of all the ...

Old, complex tropical forests support a wider diversity of birds than second-growth forests and have irreplaceable value for conservation, according to an exhaustive analysis of bird diversity in the ...

In preparation for a presentation on the birds we saw while in Ecuador recently, I was struck by how many of the birds were extravagantly colored, many eye-poppingly so. Thumbing through my field ...

This video that was shared by the page Cats of Instagram, shows how a catto tries to ‘catch’ some birds that are seen flying on the television screen. Cats are extremely sharp and smart about what ...