Because birds live outdoors, there's an assumption that they're dirty and harbor many insect pests among their feathers. But this is very wide of the mark: Birds are as clean as cats, spending almost ...

Every year in the United States, as many as a billion birds die while migrating. These birds aren’t being killed by climate change or toxic substances in the air or water, but by collisions with glass ...

WASHINGTON — Here at WUSA9 the environment matters to us, and we know that it matters to you too. According to the Smithsonian, up to a billion birds die annually in the U.S. from window collisions.

"With birds working together to drive parasites away, communicating how and when to cooperate is really important, so this call is popping up in parts of the world where species are most affected by ...

Other species expected to benefit from the work include migrating birds like the American Oystercatcher, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Sanderlings, the Semipalmated Plover, the black-bellied plover and ...

This National Virginia Day, learn how Smithsonian scientists are using historic collections and current conservation practices to bring back declining populations of grassland birds Emma Saaty ...

In a yearlong independent study, Dylan Berr ’26 is investigating how birds navigate and occupy campus spaces—insights that ...

A crocodile could easily devour a stork in a single snap of its jaws. Instead, these waterhole crocodiles form an unexpected alliance with the birds. Working together, they create a floating dam, ...

Red backed shrikes migrate using a fixed schedule, flying in stages with little variation, showing that genetics guide bird ...

When it comes to the smartest bird, we humans still have a lot to learn. Bird intelligence comes in many forms, and scientists are finding that many species exhibit intelligence similar to that of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Owning a wood-framed house in Upstate New York, I expected to deal with snow and the occasional deer—not ...