It must be some kind of magic, because how on earth can a creature that weighs less than a banana fly thousands of miles one-way and find the same exact tree it nested in last year? Literally! As a ...

At one point in the not-too-distant past, winter’s lack of birds completely flummoxed some of history’s greatest thinkers. Just a few hundred years ago philosophers posited that birds buried ...

Autumn is migration season. All over North America and beyond, hundreds of millions of birds are on the move, traveling from ...

When we were kids we all learned that birds fly south for winter. Even though it was probably one of the first fascinating ...

Conservationists in Europe are trying to figure out how to do that with an endangered bird, the northern bald ibis. Johannes Fritz is one of them. He is a biologist based in Austria. JOHANNES FRITZ: ...

One of my favorite sights is when geese fly south in a “V” formation. I think it’s amazing to see birds fly together like that. I talked about why birds migrate with my friend Heather Watts. She’s a ...

To navigate the skies, birds rely on a complex sensory tool kit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Birds have an arsenal of senses ...

Fall migration is underway for the birds of North America and, during peak days, hundreds of millions of birds pass overhead under the cover of night. “The earliest migrants are on their way as early ...

Birds are on the move as their annual spring migration begins. Radar tracking allows you to follow along to see what birds are flying overhead as the birds move to their summer feeding grounds. "The ...

Peak spring bird migration in Mississippi starts in late April for southern counties and continues into mid-May for central and northern areas. BirdCast provides real-time migration maps and alerts, ...