Their feathers, roosting behaviors and adaptability ... jacket or getting into a sleeping bag.” Image Some birds, including the black-capped chickadee (top right) and mountain chickadee (top ...
Water birds have limited means by which to deal with the wind and rough water. If the winds are too persistent, the birds may ...
Winter poses several challenges for birds. Scarce food supplies and limited water are just a few obvious challenges for nearly all of them. Extremely cold temperatures, strong winds, driving snow ...
Seen as harbingers of death and disease, staples of horror films and Halloween decor, vultures actually play an important ...
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In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...
Columnist Bill Danielson explores the challenge of identifying individual birds and the rare moments that make one stand out ...
A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the levels of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects ...
They start as a downy ball of fluff on a remote New Zealand island. Then they fledge across the Pacific. Only a handful have ever been found again.
Grackles are large blackbirds that have a reputation as bullies at feeders. There are three types of grackle birds to look ...
The great Indian bustard is critically endangered, but the Indian government has found a clever way of breeding the species ...
This year's frequent snowfalls have uncovered an unexpected advantage on the Bowman farm. Fox tracks leading to a drainage ...