Imagine zooming out on a giant family tree that includes every bird you have ever seen. Ostriches sprint across open plains, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ostrich is the tallest bird that inhabits the planet ...

Every year, billions of birds undertake extraordinary migrations, crossing vast deserts and open seas with no place to stop, ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species appear to shape-shift as they elongate plumes of feathers, fan their wings, or ...

Çağan Şekercioğlu was an ambitious, but perhaps naive graduate student when, 26 years ago, he embarked on a simple data-compilation project that would soon evolve into a massive career-defining ...

Scientists are on the hunt for over 120 species of birds that may—or may not—be extinct, and they want your help to find them. The ubiquity of smartphones has led to surge in data for birders and ...

Up to 30% of bird diversity hotspots, places where large numbers of different bird species occur, in the western United ...

Research led by UC Santa Cruz finds that both non-native and native birds play a key role in the transmission of a disease ...

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. But now, as non-native apple snails disappear, the endangered Everglades bird, the snail kite, is paying the price.

Up to 30% of bird diversity hotspots in the western U.S. are projected to face high-severity wildfires in the future.

Mangaluru: As many as 58 bird species were documented on the campus of Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) during the Campus ...