This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

The BBC catches a man trapping songbirds - selling them is a profitable business because many keep them as pets.

Human inventions often create threats for wildlife: Plastics and pesticides harm birds’ health, artificial lights throw off their navigation, and suburbs and freeways eat into essential habitats. But ...

On a long low wall alongside the Liangshui river in Beijing, a trader has several small cages with tiny twittering birds.

This year is not a particularly white Christmas. Across the United States, families are gathering to enjoy a walk on a warm, sunny day. The fingerprints of climate ...

Bird flu has been rampaging through wildlife and farm animals worldwide. Will it make the long-feared jump to humans?

When the world slowed down during the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects extended beyond humans. A recent study found that it reshaped urban ecosystems to such an extent that certain city-dwelling birds ...

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention ...

Spoilers follow for IT: Welcome to Derry Episodes 1-7. Episode 7 of IT: Welcome to Derry introduced us to Bob Gray, a character briefly glimpsed in the movie IT Chapter Two but one who is of great ...

Birds are naturally intelligent creatures, but some species are a little too smart. Those capable of picking up words, phrases, and even songs will forever be my favorite type of entertainment, ...