Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off ...

A new study shows that one group of Galápagos yellow warblers responds to intruders more aggressively than others. It adds ...

My husband and I were both like, ‘Oh, my God, what is a roadrunner doing here?’” Young, a biologist and nature writer, says. ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. If birds left tracks in the sky, what would they look like? For years Barcelona-based photographer Xavi Bou has been ...

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

Spending time in nature is important for your mental health. But studies show that even just listening to birds singing can ease symptoms of anxiety and depression. A European robin, Erithacus ...

In suburban Sydney, sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) previously figured out how to break into garbage bins and have now deciphered human water fountains. Australia’s sulphur-crested ...

These birds carry a toxin deadlier than cyanide. New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific ...

For the new study, researchers collected the biggest dataset so far on the Amazon’s resident birds, representing 77 non-migratory species and spanning the 40 years from 1979 to 2019.

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.