The Great Backyard Bird Count is back. Here's how to help scientists track birds and where to find the best birdwatching ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

India is at risk of an H5N1 bird flu pandemic because of its large poultry sector, wetlands, and migratory flyways. Recently, three tigers and a leopard at a Nagpur Rescue Center died from H5N1 ...

At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state agriculture officials confirmed Wednesday, and respiratory symptoms like ...

Attention lovebirds and bird-lovers, the Great Backyard Bird Count is here! The 28th annual GBBC kicks off on February 14 and continues through Monday, February 17.

The Audubon Society will hold its 28th annual Great Backyard Bird Count this weekend, allowing birders of all ages to help create a global data set of bird species and numbers.

“Sesame Street’s” Oscar the Grouch stopped by the Los Angeles Times to talk to very important questioner Nick Ducassi about trash, newspapers and how to be the best grouch you can b ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

State officials have also asked New Jersey companies that distribute to live bird markets to clean and disinfect their operations, the spokesman, Jeff Wolfe, said. Follow-up testing of live ...