Video from a national park in Uganda depicted a parade of predatory species feeding on and dispersing fruit bats that are known natural reservoirs of infectious diseases.

New research suggests long-billed curlews keep an ear out for warnings from prairie dogs in order to hide from predators and protect their nests ...

Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls ...

Hendrix the parrot has "picked up some choice words" of the R-rated variety. But that's not the only reason why adopting him may be difficult.

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Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in the air. But there are a few outliers. Here are some of the species that push the boundaries of their aerial potential – with a focus on the ...

Whether in their backyards, high on a mountain, or on a well-traveled back road or highway, folks are quite certain to ...

Despite their small brains, many birds develop sophisticated social structures with diverse systems of communication.

It appears that many birds are indeed imposters ... these two species bear a striking resemblance to each other. They are often hopping amid tree branches in my yard as if staging an avian ...