Scientists find genetic advantages for birds in straying from the nest. April 14, 2013— -- Here's the warm and fuzzy part of this column: most birds really do mate for life. But here's the cold ...

Birds have a reputation for mating for life — and for some species, that's true. Others, though, are much more like humans when it comes to romance: some looking for stable relationships, and others ...

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Meet the Picathartes, a bird species that resides in the Congo and has done such for more than 44 million years. These birds mate for life, and in order for their relationship to work, both the male ...

Back in July my wife and I observed a downy woodpecker feeding another downy woodpecker, like it was feeding a chick, but both birds were adults. We assumed that this was some kind of mating ritual.

For decades, researchers thought birds lacked a sense of smell. The line of thinking was that scent gets dispersed in the wind, so it’s not the most accurate tool to locate prey or keep tabs on a ...