A small-bird species, the Japanese tit (Parus minor), uses wing movements as a gesture to convey the message 'after you,' according to new research. When a mating pair arrives at their nest box with ...

In India, an acoustic recording from August 24, 2025 confirms that the nocturnal bird called 'Jerdon's courser' is not ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

Ralph Venstreets/University of California, Davis A little over a year ago, Marcela Uhart was walking on the beach in Punta Delgada, Argentina. It was peak breeding session on this peninsula known for ...

World Health Organization’s top scientist said this week the recent bird flu outbreak is of “great concern” to public health, and vaccine development to halt the virus is “not where we need to be.” ...

Bird flu cases are rising earlier than expected as wild birds migrate. That could make for a challenging autumn, but it's too ...

“Birds do some amazing things,” says NH Audubon raptor biologist Chris Martin, co-host of Something Wild, “and migration is at the top of that list.” Scott Weidensaul is a naturalist and ornithologist ...

Take a stroll, and you’re likely to run into a flock of wild turkeys. You might see them peering through shop windows downtown, using crosswalks to navigate the traffic, or out in the neighborhoods, ...

A small-bird species, the Japanese tit (Parus minor), uses wing movements as a gesture to convey the message “after you,” according to new research at the University of Tokyo. When a mating pair ...

In the U.S., bird flu headlines have focused on an unprecedented number of American cases and the impact of the virus on dairy cows and on poultry. In this May 22, 2018 photo, ruddy turnstones, larger ...