Every year, billions of birds migrate in and out of the United States. And across the world, birds fly thousands of miles to reach their seasonal destinations. Some birds, like the Arctic tern ( ...

She suggests having an eclipse party to see what the birds do. “It doesn’t happen very often.” “You can’t look at the sun during totality, but you can be looking at the birds and seeing ...

How do birds see colors? As colorful as birds are to the human eye, we’re actually “colorblind with respect to birds,” Prum said. That’s because birds see an even wider gamut of colors ...

Baby birds come in two styles: precocial or altricial. Precocial chicks, such as ducks, geese, sandpipers and turkeys, hatch from large, well-endowed eggs after long incubations. They can see, run,… ...

Watch this video to see how you can easily identify a bird with just a song. Birding You only need keen eyes, binoculars, a bird guide and “a positive attitude,” according to the National Park ...

America’s birds are in trouble. Since 1970, nearly 3 billion birds have vanished from the skies over North America. Most of those losses have been in migratory species, which may breed in the ...

Do you see a bird right now? Can you hear one chirping? If so, you might be getting a mental health boost. A study recently published in the journal Science found that being in the presence of ...