A Grey-Crowned Crane, a species that originates from Africa, is perched on a tree branch at the Houston Zoo. Birds from the African Savanna, South American wetlands, and North American woodlands will ...

Crows rarely stay unnoticed for long. In cities, they watch traffic from electric wires, wait near food stalls, and seem ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among birds: the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny ...

Here & Now 's Robin Young visits the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ahead of Global Big Day on Saturday — a big day for birders.

The three high-school birders, dubbed The Pete Dunnelins, have one day to count as many bird species across the state of New ...

Despite a gloomy and rainy debut Friday morning, hundreds of visitors showed out to the Houston Zoo for the opening of its Birds of the World exhibit. Highlighting birds native to different continents ...

"Birds of the World, a powerful new resource that brings together scholarly content from four celebrated works of ornithology--Birds of North America and Neotropical Birds (originally published by the ...

Sparrows are among the most familiar and loved birds in the world. They are small, a powerhouse of energy, and social ...

Birds, by design, tend to be small, light and streamlined. Yet there are some that push the boundaries of size. Here is the avian world’s best example of an ultra-heavyweight flyer. Birds of prey are ...

We all know about the Indian Peafowl, or more specifically the Peacock, which just so happens to be the first entry in this beautiful list. But have you seen the bright colors of the Himalayan Monal ...

BOISE, Idaho — More than 30,000 people visit the World Center for Birds of Prey each year to see some of the world's most endangered raptors up close, but the facility's mission extends far beyond ...

She’s a novelist turned naturalist. New York Times best-selling author Amy Tan has turned her intense gaze to the world of birds and shared her private drawings and musings in a new book. Jeffrey ...