With legs built for the runway and a gaze that commands respect, this striking figure moves through the wild like it owns ...

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

A chance encounter in a Panama rainforest has uncovered a new defensive behavior in white-necked jacobin hummingbird chicks.

With its fiery colours and trilling call that echoes through the bush, the crested barbet is a bold little bird that looks ...

Marbeth’s Carolina wren gives us a nice opportunity to look closely at this bird because in the future more and more readers ...

Uncover the mysteries of hummingbirds. How does the white-necked jacobin trick predators through mimicry? Find out now.

Breeding birds can be seen at this time of year on both inland freshwater and coastal waters. Look out for Black-headed Gulls ...

Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil ...

The departures were announced at a meeting of agency senior leaders. The Atlanta-based CDC has two dozen centers and offices.

Hummingbird chicks pretend to be a caterpillar to avoid being eaten, reveals new research. The tiny birds, smaller than a ...

I know it is anthropomorphic, and therefore wrong, to think of terns as classier versions of gulls. In the proper scientific ...

Spring migrations runs between March 1 and June 15. Fall migration runs between August 1 and November 30. Peak spring migration is in April. Birds are on the move as their annual spring migration ...