The various species of sparrows, for example, can be tough to distinguish from each other. But the first time I saw a Swallow-tailed Kite, I knew I’d just seen a Swallow-tailed Kite.

In Pakistan’s Cholistan Desert, a group of rare birds was recently documented by wildlife photographer Syed Rizwan Mehmood.

Our most common falcon, the Kestrel is a one of the easiest birds of prey to spot, so you’ve got a great chance of seeing one ...

TAIL CAMERA. The 13-gram camera system is designed to fit on a bird’s tail feathers, so it will fall off when the feathers drop during the bird’s annual molt.

All to battle an 8-ounce, highly adaptive bird that's colonizing the country -- and leaving behind inch-thick layers of droppings as it goes. The great-tailed grackle, called by some the devil ...

Scientists have uncovered the fossil of a bird that lived 120 million years ago and it definitely had flair, including unusually long tail feathers. While the feathers probably didn’t help the ...

The birds make mistakes sometimes, too — such as doing the wrong move for a particular song — suggesting dancing is mentally challenging for the birds, just as it is for humans.