After decades of mystery, scientists have finally proven that Europe’s largest bat, the greater noctule, hunts and eats small songbirds mid-air—more than a kilometer above ground. Using tiny ...

For birds, black feathers provide certain flight advantages. That's because black feathers contain more pigment-packed melanosomes than do feathers of other colors, and melanosomes can bind with ...

Since it dropped last year, “Birds of a Feather” has taken flight as one of Billie Eilish ‘s most successful songs to date.

Africa's secretary bird, a raptor with crane-like legs, delivers powerful, precise kicks to subdue prey like snakes. New research reveals these strike ...

He wanted to see how many different avians he could find on people’s hats. He counted 542 hats adorned with parts from 174 different bird species. This wasn’t unusual: 19th-century women were obsessed ...

The affected birds, Western Grebes, have black and white feathers, long, pointy bills, and distinctive red eyes.

Picking up and keeping feathers is illegal in the US, and the reason why has a surprising amount to do with hats.

To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light sensors to Nyctalus Iasiopterus, the largest bats in Europe. What they ...

Montana photographer Tony Gangemi documented a season in the life of a leucistic Common Loon, from its first days as a ...

Experts say wing clipping, a common practice in some countries to impair a bird's flying ability, is no longer recommended as it can lead to the pet developing health and behavioural issues, ...

Science made possible for 1 million pound machines to fly.