One day I saw a collection of eggs from lots of different bird species, and I realized just how many different kind of egg shapes there really are! Here’s what science says about why eggs are ...

One of the world’s most famous birds has returned to her nesting site. Wisdom, the 75-year-old albatross is known as the ...

Many species of birds are nesting and laying eggs nearly a month earlier than they did 100 years ago in the Chicago area and researchers believe climate change is behind it. Those were among the ...

Spring is in the air. Birds are singing and beginning to build their nests. It happens every year, like clockwork. But a new study in the Journal of Animal Ecology shows that many species of birds are ...

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A critically-endangered bird is making a comeback on the Galapagos Islands. Experts from the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galapagos National Park Directorate who formed part of The Mangrove Finch ...

Egg-collecting enthusiasts in the late 1880s knew the hobby was crucial for understanding the natural world, but likely never imagined that their research would help scientists more than 100 years ...