The Pelagornis belonged to the family Pelagornithidae. These birds existed from the Late Paleocene age to the Late Pliocene ...

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New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...

Researchers have discovered two unusual bird species in New Guinea that are unlike most others. These birds don’t just stand out for their bright colours or where they live– they carry a ...

SAN FRANCISCO – In the classic film “The Birds,’’ flocks of crows and other species suddenly and viciously attack people for no apparent reason. Now another Bay Area-based mystery has ...

Headlines as of late have sounded alarms about the spread of the avian flu, known more colloquially as the bird flu. Over the last year, a highly pathogenic avian influenza, A(H5N1), has ...

Bird-watching, or birding, is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the United States, thanks in part to the pandemic. According to a 2022 survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, more than a ...

The “harrowing” finding of plastic in the stomachs of birds — including chicks less than 3 months old — is a stark warning for the health of other species in the marine environment ...

A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds "exploding." Residents of a neighborhood in the Bay Area community of Richmond ...

Why it's awesome: The hoatzin is often regarded as one of the world's strangest birds. Hatchlings are born with clawed wings — a rare, prehistoric trait — and adults give off a strong ...

So far, 70 human cases have been confirmed, according to the CDC. Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected.

(Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post) Over the next two to three weeks, millions of birds will fly through the state’s night skies as they migrate north for the summer. All will pause to rest ...