Some people ask if it's recommended to feed birds during the summer. Here's why columnist Hans Kunze answers with an emphatic "yes." ...

Every year, thousands of parrots confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade arrive at rehabilitation centers across Latin ...

Billions of periodical cicadas emerge every 13 or 17 years in the eastern United States, creating an all-you-can-eat buffet for birds. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images When huge broods of cicadas ...

Spring migration has taken flight, but with rising temperatures and shifting seasons, birds are adjusting when and how they ...

Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a potential mate, ward off predators, or just sing for pleasure. But the conditions that contribute to the immense diversity of the sounds they make ...

Cradling an Asian koel in his hands, wildlife officer Zaheer Ahmed gently stretched its wings as part of a health checkup to ...

Birds have many features that distinguish them from other animals alive today, but their earliest ancestors looked noticeably different from the familiar creatures we’ve come to recognise. Although ...

Birds and planes have shared the sky for over a century, but the science behind keeping them apart has lagged dangerously behind. A landmark new study finally puts hard numbers to a common-sense ...

A look at cats’ diets as reported by researchers over many years shows they eat a lot more than people might think.