A study published in the journal Ornithological Applications shows how conservation organizations are using data from ...

In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, ...

A new generation of birdwatchers are applying the same skillset they used to hunt Pokemon to finding their favourite feathered friends. And their efforts are helping to track the status of some rare ...

University of Victoria (UVic) biologists have discovered that even closely related fish species make unique and distinctive ...

The Bay Area is a permanent or temporary home for 250 different species of resident and migratory birds. Noise can affect ...

Another reason for chili plants to hold back on the heat: Capsaicin is a gut irritant that can speed up digestion. If a bird ...

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, ...

Researchers suspect that dark-eyed juncos living in Los Angeles adapted based on the availability of food scraps tossed by ...

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention ...

A living database reveals why the global count of mammal species keeps changing - and why accurate naming matters for ...