An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a ...

A recent report assessing the health of U.S. bird populations presents a grim outlook: Birds in the U.S. are declining, and a ...

A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals—mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

The mating rituals of many bird species involve elaborate dances and displays by the males. The evolutionary reasons for the ...

At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that ...

Scientists must journey to remote islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, braving uncertain conditions, to reach the ...

Answer: Birds do not have the sex organs common to mammals. Instead, both male and female birds have what's known as a cloaca ...

New study shows how bird traits like gene makeup and clutch size shape evolution. This may help scientists understand ...

Meta-analysis reveals there is no evidence that variation in clutch size in birds is driven by the reproduction–survival trade-off.

Melbourne Orlando International Airport is replacing its vintage bird-of-paradise carpeting after nearly 40 years. The old carpeting will be replaced with hard-surface terrazzo, similar to the ...

In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly ...