For some birds, recognizing their own eggs can be a matter of life or death. In a new study, scientists have shown that many birds affected by the parasitic Common Cuckoo -- which lays its lethal ...

For some birds, recognising their own eggs can be a matter of life or death. In a new study, scientists have shown that many birds affected by the parasitic Common Cuckoo - which lays its lethal ...

Research looks at the evolutionary pathways to differences in bird plumage patterns between males and females -- and concludes that birds are able to adapt their appearance with remarkable ease.

Image via Getty Images No, that's not a weather pattern. It's a flock of bird moving in a strange way. In Wyoming, residents ...

Just in time for World Migratory Bird Day, May 10, an article in the April issue of Animal Behaviour explores the impact of shifting migration patterns in one population of migratory birds. An ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

The consequences hit close to home. Researchers issue warning after observing troubling pattern in bird populations: 'It's ...

The dark, smudgy streaks on Xavi Bou's photographs suggest the jerky ink tracks created by a malfunctioning printer, but they actually record the various patterns birds trace while flying in flocks.

The world is filled with invisible geometry, from the patterns of Wi-Fi signals cloaking our nation’s capital to the indiscernible dark matter that makes up the bulk of our universe. Oftentimes, these ...