It would be difficult to say you don’t see at least one bird every day. A pigeon strutting on your stoop; a seagull cruising ...

Shetland is on the periphery of the European breeding range and shelduck are mainly scarce breeding summer visitors here.

When COVID-19 lockdowns emptied city streets, urban environments changed almost overnight. New research suggests that Los ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

Ocracoke on the last day of 2025. Photo by Dennis McCunney By Peter Vankevich The birds of Ocracoke proved watcher-friendly for the annual Christmas Bird Count held on Dec. 31. For the second ...

Birds speak different languages – but when danger strikes, some learn to listen, decoding unfamiliar calls through the voices ...

As winter sets in and the Big Garden Birdwatch 2026 approaches, nature lover Gareth Butterfield explains how to support ...

Studying wild rock doves gives us a rare chance to establish how one of science’s model species lives in nature. This may ...

Researchers study house sparrow genetics to understand survival, evolution, and how species respond to environmental change.

Winter is a busy time at bird feeders—here’s what ornithologists recommend to attract the widest variety of birds.

How much does it matter where you are born, or whether you are heavy or light, if you are a house sparrow? Researcher Kenneth ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.