Carrier pigeons are cool. They find their way home using magnetoreception. Magnetoreception is a fancy word composed of the ...

It’s time we went back to using carrier pigeons. Hear me out. Modern e-mail and text messages are too fast. We send things without thinking about them and regret it later, if we remember what we said ...

Homing pigeons would fly over battlefields, oceans, busy cities and remote villages carrying handwritten notes tied to their ...

Jon Hunt, co-owner of The Side Chick Inn in Aroostook County, cradles a new chick. Credit: Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli / The County At a northern Maine so-called inn, there’s the constant chirping of ...

In northwestern Ohio, millions of birds migrate under the radar—literally. Scientists use weather radars to track this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Greater Sage Grouse male, one of the endangered/threatened bird species in the US,performing mating display on lek (breeding ...

Greater Sage Grouse male, one of the endangered/threatened bird species in the US,performing mating display on lek (breeding ground).© Nattapong Assalee/Shutterstock.com Ideally, looking for a mate ...

Scientists studying data collected over more than three decades found accelerating losses. Their research offers clues about the causes. By Catrin Einhorn Birds in the United States are not only ...

A bird Aircraft Hazard Strike (BASH) has again disrupted operations at United Nigeria Airlines, marking the second incident in less than 24 hours. The airline confirmed that another Airbus A320 ...

Our airplanes use vertical stabilizers, why? And the masters of the air (birds) don't. Birds are very efficient compared to our man-made birds, taking into consideration the energy they use to fly vs ...