Birds such as crows and ravens may have a bad rap thanks to superstitions and negative portrayals in popular culture, but they offer a lot more than fodder for scary stories. In fact, they're ...

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Pairs of magpie-larks that duet with split-second timing are warning that they’ll really kick feathers if another bird attacks, according to new tests. Recordings of precise duets alarmed other magpie ...

This avian affiliation comes much to the chagrin of merchants and customers, who are disappointed that the city s plan to erect an ominous 18-inch owl to scare pesky birds away seems to have backfired ...

Every year, the city of Grand Forks has to remove one unusual contaminant from its wastewater supplies-birds. "We don't want them to roost and stay on the pond," City Water Works Director Melanie ...