From folklore to cartoons, the greater roadrunner is the most well-known bird in the Southwest. Primarily known for its speed ...

Imagine meeting a bird that seems to wave at you with its tail—just like a polite greeting! The Willie Wagtail is a unique bird that moves its tail from side to side like a fan, almost as if it were ...

It was late morning, hot, humid and quiet. Shafts of sunlight cut through the jungle as we followed a path through the ...

Be glad you weren't around when these Jurassic speed demons lurked the Earth. They were faster, and deadlier, than anything ...

Roadrunners use their long tails for several different purposes. When flying or gliding ... also note that when threatened by another roadrunner, a bird may approach the intruder with its tail held ...

Long-tailed tits must be up there for an award as our most cute little birds, and especially so for the young fledglings. When they leave the nest, the babies will often line up together on a tree ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a ...

Long Island's only remaining ... will require protection from wild birds carrying and spreading the avian flu to livestock and poultry farms. "They can't fly away from any predators," he said.

This week could be a jackpot for birders in Georgia, as an estimated 10 million birds will fly every night over the state. At night, "Our skies are filled with this river of migrating birds," said ...

Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist who is the director of The Brown University Pandemic Center, told me we may soon be left with an even murkier understanding of how diseases like COVID and bird flu ...