To make accurate predictions, researchers need data on a complicated array of forces and factors, from big-picture elements ...

Red knots, a robin-sized bird whose plumage turns red in the breeding season, fly thousands of miles per year on their annual migration route, one of the longest known. "For a little bird that weighs ...

They alight on the mud, and I am surrounded by birds. They are mostly Red Knots, sandpipers that have come to winter on this vast beach. Slightly larger than robins, Red Knots travel some 19,000 miles ...

Scarlet tanagers are most likely to be seen in the north central part of Minnesota.

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 mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...

An agency assessment said there is a “moderate risk” that currently circulating strains of bird flu could cause a future pandemic. Still, the CDC stressed that other emerging forms of bird flu ...

One recent study, reported by Norwegian SciTech News, revealed that harmful PFAS are found in higher concentrations than we ever knew in China's birds — and the implications stretch worldwide.

Instead of simply following President Trump’s executive order that bans biological men from participating in women’s sports, California came up with a more reductive policy. They said girls ...

Despite their mobility, North American birds are struggling to outpace climate change. Research indicates that while many species are shifting their ranges northward or to higher elevations ...

But there are a lot of birds that help give this state its distinctive feel as well. Even if you don’t know their names, you’re probably familiar with the robins that cover green lawns each ...