When you think of birds imitating sounds, parrots and starlings might come to mind. They're famous for copying human speech, ...

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A new study investigates why some lost birds that stray far from their normal migratory routes end up thousands of miles off ...

Standing in a northern Everglades marsh in 2015, biologist Corey Callaghan watched as an enormous flock of tree swallows wheeled in the morning sun. As the mass of birds passed overhead, Callaghan and ...

The closest year-round populations of Mexican jays are in the Gila, where extreme drought and wildfires have decimated the ...

On a 2009 hike in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona, a group of birders heard an otherworldly, ethereal bird ...

When the world is quiet and the sun has just begun to rise as birds fill the air with songs. It is one of the most peaceful and beautiful moments in nature but if you have ever wondered why birds sing ...