Across the Northern Hemisphere, satellite tags and backyard observations are revealing a surprising pattern: some birds are not just drifting off course, they are consistently flying in the opposite ...

Large clusters appearing on weather radars are likely massive flocks of migrating birds, not storms. A record-breaking 1.2 billion birds were estimated to be migrating in a single night during the ...

Birds are on the move as their annual spring migration begins. Radar tracking allows you to follow along to see what birds are flying overhead as the birds move to their summer feeding grounds. "The ...

A stork flying through the sky on a cloudless day. Storks are one of the many species of birds that migrate during certain months of the year. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Welcome to the first column of ...

Large numbers of birds are expected to fly over the D.C. area for their fall migration this week, and they are at risk from light pollution. But you can help by simply flipping some switches. Bird ...

It’s a crisp autumn morning, and the forest holds a quiet promise of motion overhead. Travelers arrive at a hidden nature preserve and pause, noticing faint shadows moving through the air and hearing ...

National Bird Day 2025 highlights how bird population changes reveal environmental stress and ecosystem health worldwide.

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...

At one point in the not-too-distant past, winter’s lack of birds completely flummoxed some of history’s greatest thinkers. Just a few hundred years ago philosophers posited that birds buried ...