Have you ever tried to balance on one leg? While some yoga masters make this move appear simple, it’s not as easy as it looks ...

Maine Audubon's Laura Minich Zitske tells us the eastern phoebe is most easily keyed out by its long, wagging tail - which ...

It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

During a pre-Fourth of July paddle around Long Tail Point, bird monitor Jack Swelstad of Green Bay spotted something at the end of the island. "I found two piping plovers that acted like they were ...

Long-tailed tits must be up there for an award as our most cute little birds, and especially so for the young fledglings. When they leave the nest, the babies will often line up together on a tree ...

Ecological and demographic drivers of kin‐directed cooperation in a social bird: Insights from a long‐term study. Journal of Animal Ecology , 2025; 94 (4): 485 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14237 ...

In this clip from Iolo's Secret Life of Birds(December 2010 on BBC One Wales), Iolo Williams studies a nest being built in woods at Newtown near Powys. Long tailed-tits will hide their nests well ...

Bird — or birdlike — fossils from the Jurassic period are relatively rare and often incomplete. Despite Archaeopteryx’s feathered wings, it closely resembled non-avialan dinosaurs, notably due to its ...

A fossil from China that’s 150 million years old may be the world’s earliest known bird. The discovery shows that the short tails characteristic of modern birds evolved much earlier than ...