Inspired by a classic movie, conservationists are teaching endangered Northern Bald Ibises to fly south for the winter ...

Outside the National Zoo’s Bird House, small white cotton bags hung on hooks, each holding a bird that ornithologist Brian Evans and his team had netted that Saturday morning. Now and then, they ...

Researchers identified three new species of large, hawk-sized enantiornithine birds from the Late Cretaceous period in Montana, highlighting an evolution towards greater size and diversity in ...

Even as a child growing up in the suburbs of Indianapolis, Robin Garwood knew her life would revolve around animals. However, ...

Lenox Library will continue its 2024-2025 Distinguished Lecture Series on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. when Ben Nickley ...

Researchers at University College Cork (UCC) have found that the gut microbiome affects the health of wild birds, which could ...

National Zoo scientists hold tutorials on placing identifying bands on birds for research to determine the causes of bird ...

With millions of bird strikes every year and the many bird species that face endangerment, making an effort to help protect ...

Aiden Love never forgot seeing a demonstration when he was a young boy by ornithologist Mike Bishop. A resident of Alma, Love remembered the excitement of learning about birds, their migration habits ...

In parts of the Rocky Mountains, these small, plump birds co-exist with a closely related species. To better distinguish ...

They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation -- which holds that new species emerge in response to ecological changes -- seems to hold in retrospect, it has been ...

Changes in finch beaks, driven by environmental factors, also alter their songs, which affects how the birds recognize their ...