The researchers suggest that the difference between the long-haulers and those who landed might be in their feathers; the ...

A group of Swedish researchers has found that small brown birds know as common swifts can stay airborne for a record 10 months, offering a tantalizing glimpse of what might be possible for coming ...

Inmates at Dumfries prison have been building bird nesting boxes to help bolster the population of common swifts in the region. It is part of the Save our Swifts campaign which is being launched by ...

Alexander C. Lees is also affiliated with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The weather is warmer and the nights are lighter. What are those black, curved silhouettes looping in the sky? Assuming you ...