New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...

A Texas A&M scientist is using gene editing and other bioengineering to attack mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, ...

Perched on the rocky tip of Cape Ann, Rockport is a seaside dream come to life. The famous “Motif No. 1” red fishing shack stands as perhaps the most painted building in America. Bearskin Neck juts ...

“Let’s go to Maine, let’s go to Maine,” they’d always say, she said. She wanted to see what birds were here — one of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO – In the classic film “The Birds,’’ flocks of crows and other species suddenly and viciously attack people for no apparent reason. Now another Bay Area-based mystery has ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A rare Sihek chick has hatched at the Cincinnati Zoo. The Cincinnati Zoo is one of about two dozen facilities working to rebuild the population of this bird that had been extinct ...

Environmental SOS: Rare Birds Crunch From Bellies Full of Plastic By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterSATURDAY, May 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Birds on a remote Australian island are so ...

Bird populations within the United States are declining fastest in the very habitats where they should be thriving, according to a new study published in Science. Researchers at the Cornell Lab of ...

Earlier this week, the Cincinnati Zoo has welcomed its first new Guam Kingfisher chick of 2025.Also called a Sihek, this bird is part of a long term goal to help reestablish this species in the wild.