A new analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago is revealing an array ...

“As a kid, I loved to watch vultures soaring around,” says Dove. “I was in tune with birds.” The lab matches feathers recovered from aircraft strikes to a vast collection of preserved birds. After ...

A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...

Our network analyzed over 500 photographs of bird species provided by the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, whose extensive media collection helps researchers identify and study ...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 prohibits possessing native North American bird feathers without a permit. The law, punishable by fines and imprisonment, aims to prevent the killing and ...

Shultz gently lifted it from the tray. “You see how this is black, and this is black,” she said, delicately pointing at the bird’s soiled feathers with a gloved finger. More than a century ...

Possessing bird feathers could get a person cooped up in prison. The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird Treaty ...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 prohibits possessing native North American bird feathers without a permit. The law, punishable by fines and imprisonment, aims to prevent the killing and ...