PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Three Guam kingfishers that hatched at the National Aviary have been released on an island in the Pacific, marking the first time their species has been in the wild in nearly 40 ...

There are many different species of kingfisher, and those that eat fish hunt by repeatedly diving head-first into the water when they spot tasty prey without suffering brain injuries like concussions.

Scientists studied the genomes of 30 kingfisher species to try to identify the genes that allow kingfishers to dive headfirst into water without huring their brains. The researchers found that the ...

This month I am writing from Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. This is a temperate rainforest, a very different ecosystem from our temperate deciduous forest; milder temperatures, more rain, bigger ...

Kingfishers are one of the few bird species where the female is either identical to the flashy male or just a wee bit more flashy. COUSINS GALORE The years roll on and I discover the belted kingfisher ...

Kingfishers live in a hole in the ground. Technically, they nest at the end of a long burrow scraped into the face of a steep earthen bank of some kind, a ditch, a shoreline, a sand pit, a dirt pile, ...

Slowly, but surely, the coronavirus is turning me into a birder. The COVID-19 pandemic keeps me around home most days, and I find a stroll around the neighborhood’s Tulalip Bay is pretty essential to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Zoo is home to many critically endangered species, but perhaps none as rare as its newest arrivals: a trio of sihek (SEE-heck) kingfishers. Once native to the island ...

Kingfishers had been flying into the third-floor windows at Commonwealth Secondary School. Read more at straitstimes.com.

If you’ve ever belly-flopped into a pool, then you know: water can be surprisingly hard if you hit it at the wrong angle. But many species of kingfishers dive headfirst into water to catch their fishy ...