Discover how a tool similar to NEXRAD weather tracker called BirdCast tracked this massive migration of 1.2 billion birds.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Birds have an arsenal of senses they use to orient themselves — some we're familiar with, and ...

Introduction to birds: Bird beginnings ; Fit for purpose ; Feathers -- Where birds live: Bird habitats ; Country counts ; Endemic birds ; Important bird areas ...

Bright, beautiful birds face the highest wildlife-trade pressure, as aesthetic preferences shape demand across continents.

A spat between birds at a backyard birdfeeder highlights the sometimes fierce competition for resources that animals face in the natural world, but some ecologically similar species appear to coexist ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by ...