Researchers have found that, for crested auklets, chemistry has both amorous and practical applications. The birds rub a citrus-like scent, secreted in wick-like feathers on their backs, on each other ...

Looks like we have another candidate for Bird of the Millennium. I’m going to have to compile a list of contenders one of these days. I particularly like those birds that are discovered by civilians – ...

Crested ibises have recently entered their breeding season in Yangxian County of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

The Birmingham Zoo is asking for the public’s help in finding a pair of white-crested laughingthrush birds that went missing Thursday. An inspection of the birds’ habitat revealed that the enclosure ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AGFC) - This week's bird is the Great Crested Flycatcher. A large, assertive flycatcher with rich reddish-brown accents and a lemon-yellow belly, the Great Crested Flycatcher is a ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet initiative has ...

A rare bird with a stunning yellow crest has been photographed for the first time in the tropical mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – almost two decades after its last confirmed ...

On a recent hot afternoon, I heard a loud “wheep” note coming from the woods near my home. I scanned for the unseen caller but didn’t de-tect any bird in the canopy of the nearby trees. Of course, I ...