A spat between birds at a backyard birdfeeder highlights the sometimes fierce competition for resources that animals face in ...

While rare, a few birds we studied were rule-breakers. One such rule-breaker is the Eurasian spoonbill, whose highly ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much ...

Birdsong can signal the start of spring before the leaves bud and the flowers bloom. Every place has a unique sound, which ...

If you enjoy watching birds in your yard and neighborhood, be sure to avoid making these common mistakes that could actually ...

In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly ...

Yes, there are more birds singing at this time of year. But their symphony is also louder and more energetic than ever—and ...

Many songbirds use birdhouses for nesting, but the birds we've listed here won't use a birdhouse. Here are other ways to attract them to your yard.

This study has shown that birds that are more widespread, such as the house sparrow and the common starling, can also face ...

The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch has shown that while house sparrows are still our most common bird, followed by the blue tit, ...

Fence posts have been put up to protect beach-nesting birds along a stretch of coast where they have struggled to breed. The ...

Brown shades are more common in natural environments than in cities. We suspect that brown birds are at a disadvantage in a rather grey city. The predominant colours of a city and the lack of ...