Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the family Corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

The Monomet Conservation Sciences has released its 2025 State of the Birds report. The report reveals accelerating declines in bird populations across the continent of North America. These declines ...

A 115-million-year-old fossilized bird with a pair of long, ribbon-like tail feathers is the oldest bird ever found in Brazil. It was about the size of a hummingbird, and it likely boasted bright ...

Nov. 1 (UPI) --A New Zealand conservation charity announced its coveted Bird of the Year award has been won by the first non-bird ever entered in the competition: a bat. The Forest & Bird conservation ...

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Its tail was over 150% the length of its body. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A dinosaur-age bird's extravagant tail feathers ...

Superb starlings—medium-sized, often brilliantly colored birds in eastern Africa—work together to raise their flock’s young. And according to a new study, they reciprocally help each other out in ...