(via BBC Earth) The Northern Bald Ibis is one of the rarest birds in the world. They were hunted to extinction in Europe 300 years ago, but now a daring new project is returning them to the wild.

Bird migration is a fascinating and mysterious behavior. While it makes sense for birds to head off to warmer climates with more plentiful food, how do they know where to go? It’s a great question and ...

Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many other great questions in her book, The Bird Watching Answer Book. (For the ...

Miguel Jimenez receives funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. With chatbots like ChatGPT making a splash, machine learning is playing an increasingly prominent role in our ...

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...

A‘o are seabirds that return to the mountains to lay their eggs in burrows. Once the chicks are hatched, the birds make their way back to the open ocean, using the moon and stars to help them on their ...