As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers. The ornithology curator at the Natural ...

Studies like these are crucial to help conserve native wildlife. Experts issue warning after observing concerning change in ...

Aguilar, who specializes in bird behavior, set out in summer 2023 to find a system to gather large volumes of data on the eclipse’s effects on local birds’ daily routines. With the help of Luddy ...

AMES, Iowa – A study examining eye disease in a common bird species shows how pathology and behavior interact in complex ways that determine how widely a pathogen can spread. The study, published ...

The upcoming total solar eclipse is set to bring people from around the country to stare in awe at the cosmological wonder, but it may also spark strange behavior in birds. The timing of the ...

For most humans, the increasingly longer days that arrive with spring are little more than a signal that summer is on the horizon. For migratory birds, however, they're a signal to begin the long ...

I had a teacher in seventh grade who was always harsh toward me. Not surprisingly, I didn’t like her either. Always prone to headaches, I began having them even more when I was in her class. The ...

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For birds that inhabit developed areas of the Pacific Northwest, the reduction in noise and commotion from COVID-19 lockdowns may have allowed them to use a wider range of habitats in cities, a new ...

John Marzluff, a specialist in wildlife relationships and avian social ecology, will discuss the behavior of crows and ravens on Tuesday, April 19, at SUNY Cortland. Marzluff, a professor of wildlife ...

RIO VISTA, Calif. — People living in the Isleton and Rio Vista areas of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta say they’ve spent ...

Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where researchers are studying bird feathers to determine the effects of wildfire ...