At one point in the not-too-distant past, winter’s lack of birds completely flummoxed some of history’s greatest thinkers. Just a few hundred years ago philosophers posited that birds buried ...

Looked at in the most general terms, avian migration is a simple phenomenon. Certain bird species avoid winter conditions that they are poorly equipped to handle, fly South in the fall to new quarters ...

In the fall, when leaves are changing colors and cooler weather moves in, if you look up, you will see lots of activity in ...

One study warned of "mismatches." Scientists make concerning discovery while studying migrating birds: 'Double whammy' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Just about every morning, I walk my dogs past Oak Grove Cemetery in Marietta. By far the most numerous birds I encounter are vultures, both turkey and black. It is not unusual for me to see more than ...

Michigan's native birds are arriving for the summer from near and far, but you might not notice as many travel at night. "The movements are massive," said Andrew Farnsworth, a migration ecologist at ...

Fall migration is underway for the birds of North America and, during peak days, hundreds of millions of birds pass overhead under the cover of night. “The earliest migrants are on their way as early ...

Nepal, Nov. 23 -- headed gulls, a bird that breeds way up North, reached Kathmandu valley last week. Thousands of birds from ...

Large numbers of birds are expected to fly over the D.C. area for their fall migration this week, and they are at risk from light pollution. But you can help by simply flipping some switches. Bird ...

Two owls that landed on a pier near Montrose’s bird sanctuary have drawn hundreds hoping for a glimpse of the majestic ...

Across the country, buildings kill about a billion birds every year. “Nearly a third of the collisions we’ve documented have ...