Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Black oil sunflower seeds are a staple of bird feeders around the world, but humans mainly snack on striped seeds. Find out ...

Despite its tiny stature, the smallest bird native to North America can survive cold nights in the Rocky Mountains, and some ...

Nevertheless, nature still has the ability to surprise us. Take the shoebill, for example: a bird so bizarre, it almost ...

You’re outside when suddenly you hear an unfamiliar chirp. Looking around, you wonder, “Is it a squirrel?” “Is it a bat?” And ...

Hawfinch, Pied Flycatcher, Willow Tit and a Spotted Flycatcher among the 'rare' birds spotted in the North East recently ...

Hawfinch, Pied Flycatcher, Willow Tit and a Spotted Flycatcher among the 'rare' birds spotted in the North East recently ...

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is urging people to be careful about the type of food they put out in their garden in hot weather.

It looked like a common redpoll, I thought. I grabbed a camera and took a few documentary photos and then consulted a bird guide. Sure enough it was. We had a new "yard species." I shouldn't have ...

For birds, the scientific, or Latin, name is selected by the person who discovers and describes a species, but the common name evolves organically and can differ regionally.