Science

March 19, 2015 — Researchers find that peacocks use their trains to issue infrasonic cues.

March 12, 2015 — Banding a songbird is one thing—birds of prey are quite another.

March 11, 2015 — A chemical spill in Houston contaminates an already volatile waterway.

March 10, 2015 — Lead researcher Erich Jarvis gives us the inside scoop on one of the biggest discoveries in ornithology in decades.

March 10, 2015 — Mass die-offs of birds have increased in frequency—and intensity—since 1940.

March 10, 2015 — A small songbird from Myanmar hadn’t been spotted for decades.

March 09, 2015 — New research shows that chickadees living at higher, harsher elevations have better problem-solving abilities than their easy-living counterparts.

March 06, 2015 — It’s not your typical case of mouth-to-mouth, or mouth-to-beak even.

March 04, 2015 — Dish detergent is the key ingredient, but the process takes more than suds.

March 04, 2015 — The bird in this viral video is more likely stressed than it is dreaming.