Bird beaks have a variety of shapes and purposes. Here are common bird beak types you should look for and how they help birds find food.

Discover the clever ways birds survive winter, from sunbathing and feathery insulation to behavioral and metabolic tricks ...

When the Chicxulub impactor hit, the animals with the best shot at surviving were those with wings. Now, new finds are ...

Sometimes you stand at the window on a freezing morning, coffee in hand, staring at a little sparrow on the fence and ...

Contrary to claims that well-fed cats pose little threat to wildlife, hunting and hunger are not linked in domestic cats. Well-fed cats become stronger hunters. One classic study documented continuous ...

American kestrels are a declining species that is remarkably helping to protect cherries in Michigan's orchards.

The compact trap includes one plug-in device and one sticky cartridge. You can buy refills in packs of two for $7.

Winter moisture is the quiet spoiler. Rain, melting snow, and freeze-thaw swings soak seed, and damp kernels clump in trays where air barely moves. Birds keep returning because calories are scarce, ...

Millions of small businesses are discovering that the emergency fiscal help they relied on in 2020 came with a long tail of unintended consequences. When COVID-19 halted commerce, the Small Business ...

In Tanzania, Lake Natron's crimson waters, formed by volcanic activity and rich in sodium carbonate, preserve animals in stone-like forms. This highly alkaline lake, reaching 60°C, scorches unadapted ...

Using camera traps, ornithologists have photographed a previously unknown species of jewel-babbler in the forested karst of the Southern Fold Mountains in Papua New Guinea. The newly-identified ...

Scientists once believed birds relied only on flight, talons and socialization for survival. But this one proves otherwise: it uses chemistry. For most of modern biology, there was a widely accepted ...