Not only will a bird tree make your yard look great and add to the holiday spirit, it also gives birds a nutritious boost ...

The American smoketree (Cotinus obovatus) is a small, striking tree that both you and your favorite songbirds will love having in your backyard. It provides multi-season beauty beginning in late ...

Noticing a nest in a tree can motivate the mind to wonder about many things. Is it a bird nest or a squirrel nest? If a bird built the nest, what kind of bird was it? Why did the bird build its nest ...

A bird beak is the most important resource it has, and every species has one solely designed for survival. Birds use beaks for just about everything: building nests, feeding their young, cleaning ...

Here's why birds aren't flocking to nest in your birdhouse. Getty Images / catnap72 A highlight for any Southern bird enthusiast is seeing their favorite birds congregate in the yard or garden, ...

Researcher at Deep Design Lab and PhD Candidate at Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne Alex Holland has received relevant funding from the Australian Research Council and the ACT ...

Birds are the only dinosaur lineage that survived until today. About 66 million years ago at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary, a mass extinction event destroyed all non-avian dinosaurs, ...

An international team of scientists has created the largest and most detailed bird family tree ever, spanning 93 million years and representing 92% of bird families species, using cutting-edge ...

Now’s a good weekend to check any beech trees on your property for the tell-tale sign of a new and potentially fatal disease. The disease is called beech leaf disease, and it’s now spread to all 67 ...

Just as bird watchers may use binoculars to add to their species lists, scientists interested in bird evolution may use computational tools to clarify avian lineages. Indeed, such tools have enabled ...