Across the Northern Hemisphere, satellite tags and backyard observations are revealing a surprising pattern: some birds are not just drifting off course, they are consistently flying in the opposite ...

One of my favorite things about late February is the sound of bird song. It’s a reminder that spring is on the way, and it somehow brightens those late winter mornings even more. Fast forward to this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The birds are on the move. In flocks so think they look like a "storm" cluster on your weather radar, the birds are moving for ...

After rescuers at the Sharon Audubon Center stepped in to save fallen Chimney Swifts, scientists seized a rare chance to tag an enigmatic species.

Longer days ahead mean migrating birds will soon be making their way back from Central and South America to Louisiana for a quick stopover or to stay all summer to breed and nest. “Millions of birds ...

Fall migration is underway for the birds of North America and, during peak days, hundreds of millions of birds pass overhead under the cover of night. “The earliest migrants are on their way as early ...

The proposed legislation’s sponsor, state Rep. Mandy Steele, a Democrat who represents part of Allegheny County in Western ...

The recreational pursuits of birding and wildflowering mostly involve finding and subsequently naming individual birds and wildflowers. As fun as those pursuits genuinely are, identity involves much ...

Monarch butterflies are migrating south for the winter, and birds are also beginning their migration patterns. A study from Southern Illinois University found that light pollution can cause birds to ...

Large clusters appearing on weather radars are likely massive flocks of migrating birds, not storms. A record-breaking 1.2 billion birds were estimated to be migrating in a single night during the ...