According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...
It’s been a big week for birds. BirdCast—a migration forecasting tool operated by Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology—tracked a whopping 1.8 million birds passing over DC on ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...
There’s more to bird migration patterns than meets the eye. Learn when and how birds migrate and discover which species makes ...
Thousands of birds will fly over Canton on Wednesday night, according to a bird migration tracker. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s BirdCast migration dashboard, which predicts regional nocturnal bird ...
(WHTM) — In Pennsylvania, you may see many geese throughout the year. During the fall and winter months, you may hear them honking as they fly overhead in a V shape. When the geese are in a V ...
Friday is another big night for birds in Oregon when a whopping 6.2 million birds are expected to fly over the state overnight. Bird Alliance of Oregon is asking people to turn off unnecessary lights ...
As they zip around in search of nectar, hummingbirds have no trouble navigating dense foliage and other tight spaces. This feat is especially impressive for hummers, because unlike other birds, they ...
Did you know that building collisions kill up to one billion birds each year? Migrating birds don’t stand a chance when they are traveling at night through large cities with tall, brightly lit ...
More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...
There exists a strange and unnerving phenomenon that one of our news producers experienced this morning, that feels like it could be an omen for... something. He awoke to the sound of banging from ...
The Chicago premiere of the play at A Red Orchid Theatre has a gripping generational dialogue between a father and daughter ...