Of nine different behavioral or fitness-related responses in 160 bird species examined, noise pollution had negative impacts on eight of them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Golden autumn sunlight glints through the sedges and shrubs of the tundra in northern Alaska. Winter is approaching, and soon the ...

For a migratory bird, good timing is a matter of life or death. Every spring countless warblers, geese, hummingbirds, and more—one in five bird species, all told—leave their winter hideaway on a long ...

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Q. Why do mockingbirds mimic the songs of other birds? Are there any other bird mimics? Can birds reproduce the sounds of other animals? A. Mimicry is a common trait of the northern mockingbird, which ...

For a few months of the year, the Alaskan Arctic becomes flooded with birds. From shorebirds to waterfowl, these avians arrive in the spring to breed, nest, and raise their young, and to take ...