Purnima Devi Barman and her community have worked to more than quadruple a population of storks in Assam, India.

I recently returned from Cuba. With all the news of countrywide black outs and hurricane damage, I wasn’t sure we should go.

Storks are returning to eastern France earlier and earlier, with milder winters resulting in some birds avoiding the arduous migration to Africa altogether. Many are drawn to the abundant food ...

Large birds -- our closest relations to dinosaurs -- are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food.

Large birds—our closest relations to dinosaurs—are capable of technical innovation, by solving a physical task to gain access to food. This is the first time scientists have been able to show that ...

Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for ...

A new study suggests that emus and rheas - and by extension, potentially animals like velociraptors - are anything but ...

Seen as harbingers of death and disease, staples of horror films and Halloween decor, vultures actually play an important ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

Winter birdwatching is full of surprises, from the daily hustle of familiar visitors to the excitement of spotting an ...

While we humans might spend hours perfecting a mohawk, some birds are just born to be wild. These feathery crests, often ...

An endangered crow, found only in Hawaii, is flying free again. The alala has survived only in captivity after almost going ...