To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light ...

The findings of a new study about communication between birds also offer key insights into the origins of language.

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Powerful owls prey on possums, and even koalas, but local bird watchers are excited by the discovery of new pairs in South Australia.

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Farmers support songbirds with habitats and feed, but predators still threaten key species—urgent action is needed.

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While an important native bird species, officials say woodpeckers can cause problems around Connecticut homes primarily due to drumming and drilling activities.

Researchers found that the predatory canines were far more likely to flee recordings of human voices than they were to run away from other sounds. By Lesley Evans Ogden Lesley Evans Ogden previously ...

Slender-billed curlews were indicators of the health of the boggy habitats in which they inhabited. Their decline to eventual extinction signifies that these habitats are under severe stress.

An experiment conducted in Poland shows that wolves fear humans more than any other stimulus, even in remote forest ...

Each spring and summer from the start of September through to the end of February, thousands of braided river birds return to ...