A European research team has uncovered how pied flycatchers, small migratory birds weighing just 12 grams, travel between ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in ...

In 1973, an airliner struck a bird called a Rüppell's griffon vulture – which, on its own, isn't that weird; planes hit birds ...

Swifts practically live in the sky. These birds skip land for nearly a year, doing everything midair, from eating to sleeping. They travel thousands of miles without ever stopping to perch. Scientists ...

Scientists track birds with electronic tags and radar to solve flight mysteries. In answering ecological questions, the research findings may also improve infrastructure planning Feathers mark birds ...