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Multi-state study reveals chemical contaminants in waterfowl. Study's co-author and a hunter explain what you need to know ...

As the warmer weather becomes a breeding ground for all kinds of leaf-destroying bugs, plant-owners should be warned to make ...

Learn what a Baltimore oriole bird looks like and where to see one. The orange and black bird is a welcome visitor in the ...

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...

New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

Bird Mimicry Bird that mimic other birds are the cover artists of the bird world, borrowing sounds and tunes from other birds to use as their own. Some mimicry bird species—mockingbirds, thrashers and ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help ...

A: Before we calculate CBC trends for a species, we divide the raw number of birds counted by a function that describes the statistical relationship between effort spent and birds counted. Then we ...