Birds that feed on nectar or fruit evolved better mechanisms for managing metabolism, blood pressure and high glucose.

Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive citizen science project ...

Scientists studying data collected over more than three decades found accelerating losses. Their research offers clues about the causes.

A flexible tongue, sensitive beak and teethlike cones in the mouth may have helped Archaeopteryx generate enough energy to fly.

Bird lovers across the Commonwealth are invited to help scientists track bird populations during the Great Backyard Bird Count, a global citizen science event running Feb. 13–16, 2026. In Virginia, ...

A lethal form of bird flu, which has already killed tens of thousands of elephant seals in the Southern Hemisphere, is now spreading in a colony of elephant seals in California, scientists announced ...

Around 150 million years ago in the late Jurassic period lived Archaeopteryx, a dinosaur considered an early ancestor of birds that has fascinated paleontologists since it was first discovered in ...

Some recent experiences have triggered childhood memories of outings in our family car with dad and mom cruising on highways and mostly unpaved country roads of past years. The events may appear ...

Ashley Dayer’s dream of winning a National Science Foundation grant to pursue discoveries in bird conservation started when she was an early-career professor with an infant in her arms and a ...