She said in their 32 years of running the nonprofit that has rehabbed and saved thousands of birds, this is one of their ...

Scientists encountered five previously undescribed bird species during a six-week trip to three Indonesian islands, according to a new study. People like birds for more than just their appearances: ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The terms “bird of prey” or “predatory bird” are most often used to describe birds that hunt and kill their prey – a species also known as raptors. But while all raptors are birds of prey, not all ...

In an article published today in the journal Zootaxa, Smithsonian researchers described the spectacled flowerpecker after a decade of only scattered sightings and photographs of the small gray birds.

Throughout the last two weeks, the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center has sent ornithologists to Lake Anne Elementary School to teach all grade levels about birds. An ornithologist is a scientist that ...

Christina Harvey, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, uses a combination of wind tunnel studies and modeling of inertial forces to understand how birds ...

People have been fascinated by bird flight for centuries, but exactly how birds can be so agile in the air remains mysterious. A new study, published Sept. 5 in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

People have been fascinated by bird flight for centuries, but exactly how birds can be so agile in the air remains mysterious. A new study uses modeling and aerodynamics to describe how gulls can ...