Nov 09 When scared, the crested pigeon screams with its flapping feathers By Rashmi Shivni The crested pigeon's mere act of taking frantic flight is enough to alert its flock of looming danger. Continue reading
Mar 01 Flocks of birds perish by crashing into new Minnesota Vikings stadium By Alison Thoet Scores of birds are dying due to collisions with the new U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to a new report from the Audubon Society. Continue reading
Feb 16 ‘Eagle eye’ lenses may inspire hi-def cameras as thin as a strand of hair By Andrew Wagner Miniature lenses that mimic the eyes of predatory birds could shrink a camera’s size to less than 1/100th of an inch -- and in the meantime, revolutionize a host of compact technologies. Continue reading
Dec 26 ‘What this year will be’ By Mary Jo Brooks Shelley Girdner's recently published debut collection is called “You Were That White Bird” and is filled with poems that capture the details in the natural world around her and the small miracles of her life. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 3:52 These vivid NYC murals spotlight climate-threatened birds By PBS NewsHour According to the National Audubon Society, climate change poses a serious threat to a large number of North America’s birds. But a street art project in New York City aims to call attention to their plight by creating large-scale murals… Continue watching
Jun 28 Amber fossils tell 99 million-year-old story of unusual baby birds By Nsikan Akpan A pair of 99 million-year-old fossils reveal Cretaceous baby birds with finger claws and adultlike feathers. Continue reading
May 12 Smithsonian’s mystery of the black-crowned night herons solved by satellites By Nsikan Akpan Think your freeloading kid is bad? Black-crowned night herons have crashed at the Smithsonian National Zoo each summer for over a century. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 8:18 Why scientists want to protect the piping plover’s winter home By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Feb 17 Photos: Scientists ‘winter’ in Bahamas to study endangered migratory bird By Cat Wise PBS NewsHour traveled to the Bahamas recently with a group of scientists to study an endangered shorebird bird called the piping plover. The birds have been on the endangered species list in the United States since the late 1980s, but… Continue reading
Dec 29 Drunk birds have trouble singing too By Justin Scuiletti Humans aren't the only species that tend to belt out a drunk song or two after consuming alcohol -- songbirds will get in on the act as well. But first, scientists had to get them drunk. Continue reading