Data from the North American Breeding Bird Survey reveals which bird was seen most often in every state. Check to see what ...

World’s Most Beautiful Birds That Will Leave You AmazedNature has gifted the planet with countless wonders, but few are as visually stunning as birds. From dazzling feathers to rare colors and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GS23/Shutterstock Attracting colorful songbirds to your yard is certainly an enjoyable experience, but some species can create ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

Planet Earth is blessed with a unique technicolor palette of birdlife that comes in all shapes and sizes. From tiny fluff balls to majestic birds, they swan around with every shade of the rainbow ...

Some birds don’t need to stun with their spectacularly colorful tail feathers; they can just charm the bird watcher’s eye with their uniquely styled tail. An Indonesian endemic, Wilson’s ...

Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one scientist said. By Asher Elbein True friends, most people would agree, are ...

Spotting birds can be great fun, particularly when we know which birds we are seeing. There’s something about being able to say, That’s a _____, that makes all the difference. Luckily, several ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analyzing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers discovered ...

The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is one of the few animals that spends its entire life at high elevations. USFWS / A. LaValle The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is specialized to dwell ...