If you’ve ever been chased by an angry seagull at the beach, you’ve experienced a bird behavior called mobbing. Many species of birds have realized there is strength in numbers, especially when they ...

Spotted lanternflies may season themselves to the distaste of potential bird predators, according to a new study led by ...

Many animal species detect and avoid predators by smell, but this ability has been largely overlooked in the study of birds, since it was traditionally thought that they did not make use of this sense ...

When Eurasian rollers feed their babies grasshoppers, centipedes, and other insects, the chicks aren’t just getting the nutrition they need to grow—they’re getting an arsenal. Rollers—stocky, blue-and ...

Ecologists tend to think of mobbing behavior as primarily a way that smaller birds protect their nests and chicks from larger predators. Shown here, a Willie wagtail attacking an Australian raven. Ray ...

New research which found that the New Zealand bellbird is capable of changing its nesting behavior to protect itself from predators, could be good news for island birds around the world at risk of ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A program to protect endangered birds from predators at Mission Bay will go ahead after the San Diego City Council denied appeals Tuesday by two animal welfare organizations and the ...

Hello again Teller County. How many of you, I wonder, are reading this at your home where you can hear birds chirping as they happily feed on seeds that you left for them in a feeder? Maybe you like ...

On Costa Rica’s coast, jaguars are doing more than hunting. They’re helping sea turtles survive. As researcher Carolina Perez tracks nests with makeshift tools, she uncovers an unlikely balance ...

With few predators, birds living on small islands don’t need large flight muscles for powering rapid escapes. According to researchers studying island populations in the Pacific and the Caribbean, ...

Wondering if you should leave your bird feeder up this winter? Experts say yes—if you can keep it clean and consistent, your ...