The Eastern Daily Press reported a sighting of a rare bird — the stone-curlew — in Norfolk, England. Thanks to images captured by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust at Weeting Heath, the world can see ...

Roadrunners have long legs that are slender yet powerful ... when threatened by another roadrunner, a bird may approach the intruder with its tail held vertically, wagging from side to side ...

From a species that was nearly hunted to extinction to a breed that declined due to habitat loss, here are five rare birds ...

The essential parts of a bird to look at in relation to this are the beak, legs, wings, and tail. Is the beak thin like a blue tit's, or thick like a greenfinch's? Are the legs short or long ...

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 ...

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 ...

Swallow-tailed kites are among the most graceful of fliers, and they've long soared through Florida's sub-tropical climate. "Part of what awes you is the bird's aerial grace as it swoops and ...

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 ...