Thousands of birds flying south for the winter stop off in Nigeria’s Hadejia Wetlands National Park. Researchers mapped the park, uncovering hundreds of species.

The visit of the 17-year cicadas isn't particularly long, but it can bring back memories of cicada summers from long ago.

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Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

From pollinating plants to dispersing seeds, birds play a variety of crucial roles that help to keep ecosystems in balance.

The team examined nearly 10,000 bird species using data from the IUCN Red List – the world's most comprehensive source on the status of plant and animal species. They predicted extinction risk ...

Attention would-be warbler watchers and pigeon peepers: Ornithologists at UCLA and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County are recruiting volunteers for Project Phoenix, a multi-year ...

Not all birds of prey are created equal - some are chaotic sky-terrors, others are lawful hunters with precision. So we decided to map them all out. In this video, we build the ultimate alignment ...

“Ohio is on the front lines really of tick expansion and new ticks here in the eastern half of the United States,” McDermott ...

Crows are birds known for their intelligence, their adaptability, and their loud, harsh "caw." They're part of the same family as ravens, jays, magpies and nutcrackers. Different crow species live ...

Biogeography is the study of the large-scale distribution of species. It investigates how these distributions change over time and the processes that govern distribution patterns. Cities are home ...