This serene coastal scene captures gentle waves rolling onto the shore as birds glide freely across the sky. The soft colors ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out. Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do ...

When it comes to what birds have and what humans don’t, your mind might first land on the ability to fly. However, birds are also pretty good at navigating from the air… assuming, that is, they know ...

A bird rarely seen in North America was apparently spotted in Ohio, of all places recently.

This seabird poops on the fly. Streaked shearwaters, oceanic birds that spend much of their time out on the open Pacific Ocean, defecate almost exclusively in the air, researchers report August 18 in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Frigatebirds can remain airborne for days at a time without ...

Ten months without touching the ground sounds made up. Like one of those nature facts you assume got exaggerated somewhere ...

INDIANA, USA — It is migration season, and a large wave of birds are expected to fly north over Indiana skies: 12 million birds may be fly over us Sunday night and Monday night put together (April ...

Parenting a flock of Northern Bald Ibises is a demanding job. For the past six months, biologists Barbara Steininger and Helena Wehner have spent every day hand-feeding and raising dozens of these ...