The three high-school birders, dubbed The Pete Dunnelins, have one day to count as many bird species across the state of New ...

A Grey-Crowned Crane, a species that originates from Africa, is perched on a tree branch at the Houston Zoo. Birds from the African Savanna, South American wetlands, and North American woodlands will ...

Long-tailed, neon green and among Costa Rica’s greatest wildlife wonders, the resplendent quetzal is an aptly named bird — ...

Colombia is home to the most species of birds known to ornithologists. Merlin, an app, is helping to build an “avian tourism” ...

Here & Now 's Robin Young visits the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ahead of Global Big Day on Saturday — a big day for birders.

"Birds of the World, a powerful new resource that brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology--Birds of North America and Neotropical Birds (originally published by the ...

Madagascar is home to some of the world’s most unique flora and fauna. And, up until about a thousand years ago, it was home to the world’s largest known bird species. Meet Madagascar’s legendary ...

Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo can see birds from across the world in “free-flight” demonstrations during the zoo’s Angela Collier World of Birds Show — where trained birds, including the California ...

Flightless Birds in the World: Birds are some of the most fascinating creatures in the animal kingdom. But what about birds that don’t fly at all? For centuries, humans have envied the freedom of ...

There are roughly 11,000 bird species around the world and some 2,000 of them can be found in Colombia, a country with diverse geography.

She’s a novelist turned naturalist. New York Times best-selling author Amy Tan has turned her intense gaze to the world of birds and shared her private drawings and musings in a new book. Jeffrey ...

When you think of aggressive birds, the ostrich likely comes to mind due to the sheer size of their feet and discourse about their aggression. In fact, ostriches aren't actually all that aggressive, ...