Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

Hidden layers of colour in the plumage of tanagers and some other songbirds explain what makes them so eye-catching ...

Within the range of more ordinary cup-like woven nests, there is a lot of variation in construction, using different ...

Rising 40 feet above the waters of Hillsborough Bay is a human-made island that's become a vital habitat for beach-nesting birds. Why it matters: 3D Island and nearby 2D Island — both formed from ...

Lookout Fire burned most of a forest in Oregon. What's unfolding in the aftermath could inform the future of other forests burned as wildfire becomes fiercer and more frequent.

It doesn't take a safari or a remote jungle trek to witness wild animals in their natural settings. Across the U.S., ...

Nita Jalkanen says she checks on the avian neighbours that fly into her Edmonton backyard to drink from her bird bath nearly ...

Nita Jalkanen says she checks on the avian neighbours that fly into her Edmonton backyard to drink from her bird bath nearly every day with her dog Ariel.

Our shores are also home to colonies of nesting birds, including least terns and black skimmers, who rely on human decency to keep their eggs and hatchlings safe.

Eastern black rails nest in high areas of brackish and salt marshes along the coast and wet fields inland. They need shallow marshes with thick grass for foraging and nesting. Their nests and ...