Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, assistant professor of environmental studies, and a team of Colombian researchers have introduced a transformative approach to mapping bird species distribution across Colombia ...

A new study identifies 67 communities with high potential for developing birdwatching ecotourism in Colombia. The country is home to more than 1,900 bird species, including 443 rare birds ‘highly ...

The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators ...

The hillside opposite our perch is covered with more textures and colours of trees than it’s possible to count. We’re sitting in enforced stillness because Nick Bayly, the ornithologist accompanying ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of antpitta in the montane cloud forests of the Colibri del Sol Bird Reserve in western Colombia. A thrush-like bird, the new cinnamon and gray species was, ...

A former hunter, who once delighted in knocking birds out of the trees with his slingshot, John Aguirre now spends his time studying dozens of migratory birds that pass through his hometown in the ...

While Colombia has more bird species than any other country worldwide, much of their habitat is also suitable for growing coca and opium poppies. New research shows that these illicit crops are ...

Conservationists in Colombia have recently rediscovered one of the most elusive and mysterious creatures in the world: a singing and shimmering, emerald-green species of hummingbird known as the Santa ...

Colombia is one of the most beautiful countries in Latin America and after decades of not welcoming visitors due to civil disturbances, it is open and safe for tourism. Travel agencies are singing the ...

Just after sunrise, in a cloud forest surrounded by patches of bamboo trees and coffee plants, the singing started. Then, a flash of scarlet flew past the raised cameras and binoculars: an Andean cock ...