People in northern climates are familiar with flocks of birds flying south in the winter, but why do they do it, and why ...

This is typically done by sampling their feces or what is inside the stomachs of dead birds, but this new method will help scientists understand just how much work it is for these penguins to get food ...

The birds are short and stout with tuxedo-styled feathers, and nest in large colonies on islands or coastal cliffs, keeping close to the ocean where they hunt fish, squid, octopus and crustaceans.

Rather than risking injury by battling gale-force winds, the birds cleverly navigate along the storm’s fringes, using the altered ocean conditions to grab lunch. The birds’ daring strategy is ...

It was an average day for Israeli fighter pilot Yair Harlev, monitoring the skies near the Dead Sea in 1983, when he noticed something out of the corner of his eye ... collision with a bird in recent ...