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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Many semipalmated plovers and dunlins ran along the sand while sanderlings darted in and out of the water. Herons, egrets and pelicans displayed dancing, flying, and diving behavior as a belted ...

Researchers and volunteers in Texas documented birds of different species preening one another. Experts say the behavior may be more common than documented.

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