Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Each year, the Nature’s Best Photography Awards unite the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This article is more than 2 years old. Poison is a ...

A hidden camera captured a rare moment of colorful bee-eater birds near their nesting site. These stunning birds were observed up close as they stayed near their burrow, revealing a hidden side of ...

A study led by the University of Jyväskylä in Finland evaluated, for the first time, an ecological threshold for the amount ...

Emotions were the most common way people felt feeding and observing birds affected their well-being. People described feeling ...

An air-filled sac within the birds' lungs is believed to increase the force the birds use to power flight muscles while soaring. Soaring birds -- like osprey, eagles, falcons, even vultures -- can ...

The family was captured on camera disregarding the "no landing - wildlife only" signs near breeding oystercatchers.

An Azores bullfinch feeds on the buds of a native tree on São Miguel Island in the Azores. Anne Pinto-Rodrigues When conservation biologist Jaime Ramos began the fieldwork for his doctoral studies on ...

Key aspects of early bird evolution have been difficult to resolve, owing to a lack of suitably preserved fossilized remains. A fossilized skull of a bird that lived during the age of the dinosaurs ...