Swifts practically live in the sky. These birds skip land for nearly a year, doing everything midair, from eating to sleeping ...

In an iconic Thanksgiving episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati”, a failed turkey drop makes the news. But it may have (slightly) ...

According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...

Flight is a rare skill in the animal world. Among vertebrates, it evolved only three times: in bats, birds, and the ...

Recently a friend asked me why a bird was flying against the side view window of her car and what she could do to prevent it. Common in spring and during the migration periods of April to June and ...

Young ʻuaʻu kani, or shearwater birds, tend to take their first flights away from their nests between September and December.

Nearly 1,000 songbirds making their annual voyage for warmer weather were killed in a single night after crashing into the same building on Chicago’s waterfront. The horrifying carnage was laid bare ...

A little over a year ago, Marcela Uhart was walking on the beach in Punta Delgada, Argentina. It was peak breeding session on this peninsula known for its rich marine wildlife. Usually, the salty ...

"The breakthrough was the discovery of an ancient pterosaur relative, a small lagerpetid archosaur named Ixalerpeton from 233 ...