Discover the brain science behind how birds learn to sing, from song nuclei to social cues and critical learning windows.

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is accelerating for many species.

People with mobility and other limitations are getting the chance to experience birding through a movement that aims to make ...

From exploding flocks of green pigeons to ghostly crabs in tide pools, discover how nature’s finest illusionists—on land, in ...

Launched three decades ago, the Great Backyard Bird Count mobilizes citizen scientists to monitor bird populations and ...

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. But now, as non-native apple snails disappear, the endangered Everglades bird, the snail kite, is paying the price.

The road that leads to Emerald Forest Reserve does not inspire hope. For kilometre after kilometre, the landscape unfolds in ...

Clinton Spiteri has been fined $32,000 for stealing six green tree pythons and two brown tree snakes from a Far North Queensland national park. The green tree pythons are considered near threatened ...

In the diverse world of serpents, not all snakes share the same lifestyle preferences. While some species have evolved to become expert climbers, spending much of their lives navigating branches and ...

A Florida snake hunter, his wife, and their two kids were able to wrestle and take out a whopping 202-pound Burmese python in a battle that saw the slithering beast drag the professional some 15 feet ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among birds: the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny ...

The South Florida Water Management District held a python hunt in December with cash prizes. Kevin Pavlidis won multiple awards, including for most pythons captured and the longest python. The ...