A major collection of more than 50 bird fossils found in northern Alaska suggest some ancient ancestors of modern birds ...

As rising global temperatures alter ecosystems worldwide, animal species usually have two choices: adapt to changing local ...

Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young.

Researchers identified a novel genotype (D1.1) of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 spreading among wild birds, poultry, ...

An 8-year-old Hammond’s flycatcher that arrived in Fairbanks surpasses the previous oldest recorded bird of its species, one that was 7 years old when biologists banded and captured her in Oregon.

Warblers, songbirds, shorebirds and ducks are flocking back amid the mild spring weather. As warmer temperatures return to Wisconsin, so do the birds. Migratory species are making their way back to ...