The Great Backyard Bird Count brings together people from all over the world to connect and share their love of birds while ...

Over the 5 years since we launched Blue Ridge Mountains Travel Guide, our team has visited 70-80 different towns in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia (not including those we’ve driven ...

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

We’re here in the hope of seeing the night parrot, the most mysterious of Australian birds. The night parrot was first recorded by Western observers in 1845, when a member of Charles Sturt’s ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Grey parrots can solve puzzles, understand concepts, and even perform basic reasoning, making them one of the smartest bird species. Grey parrots form strong emotional bonds with their owners and ...

The Tamil poet-saint Andal is identified by the parrot in her hand. The bird is the symbol of Kama, the god of love, lust and sensuality. The same god who in Buddhist works is called Mara ...

What bird signifies "spring" to you? When I was a youngster it was the American robin. My mother and aunts Mary and Minnie had a running contest for who could see and report the first "redbreast ...