If you’ve seen a bird, chances are good you’ve seen a Red-winged Blackbird. One of the most widespread (and—dare we say ...

There are over 11,000 different kinds of birds in the world ... Let’s discover a few fascinating facts about 15 of our feathered friends.

Past societies developed a range of weird and wonderful explanations for birds’ annual disappearance. Some thought they became barnacles, others that they hibernated in cliffs. As recently as ...

Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

This one of our egg facts might be the most amazing! Wisdom, a 70-year-old Laysan albatross and the oldest banded wild bird on Earth, hatched an egg in 2021 with the help of her mate, Akeakamai.

A collection of KS1 Science videos showing some interesting facts about birds, reptiles and mammals. These clips can be used in the classroom to explore how these animals live, hunt and adapt in ...

As of December 2024, an outbreak of the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, has spread from California and infected 58 people in seven states. Almost all of them are farm ...

Armed with binoculars and cameras with telephoto lenses, their necks craned to the trees and the skies, about 50 bird ...

They can withstand a lot. Part of how turkeys overcome this high mortality is by having lots of poults. “The annual production part of the biology of the birds is quite amazing,” Gorman said. “The ...