Eastern phoebe bird sitting on a branch - Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Looking for a natural way to keep your garden free of pesky insects? There are many eco-friendly ways to keep bugs out of your ...

Squadrons of small sooty-brown, sickle-winged birds called chimney swifts zip through the air in rapid twists and turns while gobbling up flying insects. Their 5-inch-long bodies taper at both ends, ...

If you’re in Alabama’s Black Belt this summer, perhaps for this weekend’s birding festival, you’ll almost certainly get to see this haunting bird circling overhead. “It’s like going to an air show ...

Loveland resident David Frech took this photo in his backyard in southwest Loveland on a perch surrounding tomato plants. He wrote: “Say’s Phoebe is a western flycatcher, about the size of a robin, ...

If your house has a brick chimney, you may have some unexpected bird visitors this summer. But please don’t shoo them away. “If it were me, I would say enjoy listening to them,” said Greg Harber with ...

The Auk: Ornithological Advances aims to advance fundamental scientific knowledge by increasing the basic knowledge of bird species, both living and extinct, and the knowledge of broad biological ...

Ramses V. Martinez, an assistant professor at Purdue University, and his students created this cover image. Chameleon tongue strikes inspired the team to create soft robots that catch live insects in ...

A peacock that spent more than six months roaming a village and hopping from house to house and fence to fence — most recently squawking loudly in search of a mate — has been caught at last. Residents ...

There are three species of bats that eat birds. We know that because we have found feathers and other avian remains in their feces. What we didn’t know was how exactly they hunt birds, which are quite ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching ...