Some of the biggest birds on Earth can stand taller than any NBA player and spread their wings wider than kings size bed. There are almost 10,000 species of birds on Earth and they come in all ...

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Birds of prey refer to over 560 species of predatory birds that soar above the rest near the top of the food chain. While they have different appearances across the globe, they share similar features ...

The loss of an estimated 4 million common murres during the marine heatwave known as the “Blob” was the biggest bird die-off in recorded history, and seven or eight years later, the population has not ...

Specially designed "runways" have been installed to help the UK’s tallest birds safely take flight from a nature reserve. The RSPB's Lakenheath Fen site in Suffolk has been home to common cranes since ...

Common murres are clustered together on a cliff ledge in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on July 30, 2019. Annual monitoring of key nesting sites has found that the common murre ...