One sticky afternoon, he noticed an unusual bird with gaudy black-and-orange feathers entangled in his mist nets. But as Dumbacher tried to set it free, the hooded pitohui scratched him.

We’re all used to seeing birds like pigeons on city roads, parrots that talk, or eagles flying high in the sky. But the bird world is much more surprising than it seems. Across the world ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...

News 8 continues to investigate after thousands of farm birds were allegedly left to die at U.S. Postal Service distribution centers.We just learned of a second case this week. It happened at the ...

Indiana’s skies are a nighttime highway in the early weeks of May as millions of birds make the migratory passage north for their summer homes. Herons, sparrows and buntings of all varieties fly ...

Nestled in the heart of Rajasthan, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, also known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, is a haven for birdwatchers and photographers alike. This UNESCO World Heritage Site isn ...

NEWS EIGHT. TAYLOR. THANK YOU. NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT AS NEWS EIGHT CONTINUES TO LOOK INTO THOUSANDS OF FARM BIRDS THAT DIED AFTER BEING LEFT IN A TRACTOR TRAILER OUTSIDE A DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN ...

World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated on the second Saturday of May and October. The day helps raise awareness of migratory birds and their habitats. During the spring and summer Minnesota ...

Starlings do preferentially help their relatives, but many birds also help non-relatives. Earl and colleagues discovered that this non-relative helping occurs through the formation of these ...

The National Parks Service would prefer if this flashy behavior happened in a different location—for the birds‘ safety. “Between 1990 and 2013, 32 greater sage-grouse were killed by aircraft ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In most of the United States, spring’s bird migration is in full swing. Thousands of species are trekking thousands of miles ...

(Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post) Over the next two to three weeks, millions of birds will fly through the state’s night skies as they migrate north for the summer. All will pause to rest ...