You have to understand the bird first. Then build the relationship,” said Chan Quach, known as Chan the Birdman.

From geese and pelicans to cranes and cormorants, many birds use a V-shaped flock to master the aerodynamics of long-distance ...

The crew of a stricken South Korean flight faced a cascade of unforgiving decisions in the last moments. The kind other ...

Even the giant wings of the albatross are not ‘optimally’ shaped for their extraordinary long-distance migrations, according ...

Patient Zero in the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak has been identified as ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose passion for ...

Most birds migrate at night while people sleep, guided by stars, the Earth's magnetic field and sounds.

Most bird wings are far from aerodynamically optimal, suggesting evolution often settles for “good enough” instead of perfect ...

Biologists call this distance the flight initiation distance, or FID. It is the gap between an approaching threat and the ...

The idea came to Jablonski after studying bird behavior in the American West. He noticed some birds would fling out their ...

Urban birds like pigeons, sparrows, and magpies are more scared of women than men, but scientists can’t figure out why. In a ...