New research indicates that climate change's impact on water cycles threatens migratory waterbirds in Africa and the High Arctic.

New findings from the Vertebrate Genomes Study offer some hope for endangered species like the kakapo and vaquita. And that's just the start.

Male zebra finches sing the same phrases during courtship and non-courtship. We can't tell which is which but a new algorthm can—and female finches can too.

Male zebra finches sing the same phrases during courtship and non-courtship. We can't tell which is which but a new algorthm can—and female finches can too.

New research on the "audience effect" suggests Carolina chickadees and tufted titmice get more aggressive when other birds are watching.

Engineers have created a tiny, wireless implant to rapidly change the pitch of adult songbirds' songs. The goal is to better understand human speech.

Parrot mummies found in the Atacama Desert reveal that, between 1100 and 1450 CE, traders brought birds from over 300 miles away to oasis communities.

Birds breathe with greater efficiency than humans due to the structure of their lungs: looped airways that facilitate air flows that go in one direction.

The closest family of the Haitian cave-rail, an extinct bird from the Caribbean, are from Africa and the South Pacific, not the Americas, a new study finds.

Birds can learn to recognize fast and flashy butterflies they've failed to catch in the past—as well as similar-looking species—research finds.