A vivid, in-depth look at why birds behave as they do. Birds are intelligent, sociable creatures that exhibit a wide array of behaviors--from mobbing and mimicking to mating and joint nesting. Why do ...

Bird-human actions can end in tragedy -- for bird as well as human. John Swaddle believes technology and a solid understanding of bird behavior can make those tragedies less frequent. Swaddle is a ...

Birds don’t pair up, raise chicks, or show off bright feathers just for the sake of it. Something deeper shapes all of that.

Scientists who study bird behavior have made fake eggs to put in nests to see how birds react. This handicraft is going high-tech. (This piece... How 3-D Printing Helps Scientists Understand Bird ...

I'm pleased to offer this guest essay by Dr. Wenfei Tong, about her new and fascinating book, Understanding Bird Behavior: An Illustrated Guide to What Birds Do and Why. 1,2,3 Birds are uniquely ...

Migrating birds shown with spectrograms of the calls they use in flight, which researchers captured via acoustic monitoring complemented their radar data on migration patterns. Every year, billions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Birds signal the start of spring, but their shifted timing has scientists concerned. A study revealed ...

Last summer, Carrie Brown-Kornarens spent 10 minutes every week observing birds in her Los Angeles backyard and at nearby Griffith Park. Brown-Kornarens, a ceramicist with a background in graphic ...

Understanding local bird species' nesting habits improves your chances of attracting them to your birdhouse. Choosing the right birdhouse design and placing it in an optimal location are key to ...

Scientists are trying to better understand how some baby birds are given up for adoption. To be more precise, some birds give up their eggs, leaving them for others to raise. Scientists who study this ...

Birds signal the start of spring, but their shifted timing has scientists concerned. A study revealed migratory birds are reaching their nesting grounds earlier. WBUR reported that the study, ...