These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images celebrate our feathered friends Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna Birds can be found on every continent—some living ...

Sep. 18, 2024 — Millions of birds migrate every year to escape winter, but spending time in a warmer climate does not save them energy, according to new research. Using miniaturized loggers ...

For instance, Maine hunters may take only one fulvous whistling duck per day, even though the state does not even have one ...

All four of my birdhouses are painted, and they never seem to have a problem with attracting birds or being filled year after ...

To our eyes, they often are a blur. But high-speed cameras show us what makes these birds perfect flying machines. A captive Anna’s hummingbird feeds while hovering before an optical illusion in ...

The artist realises that the etched line is suitable for mapping the outline of human skin, but to describe the textures of ...

Those bird species that will stay for the winter are also shifting gears from reproductive mode to survival mode and the ...

Thanksgiving is about planning. OK, so it’s really about gratitude, food, family, and football. But all of those things are a ...

It means darker, duller birds could have a survival advantage. By Marta Zaraska Some popular city dwellers appear to be losing their colorful allure, and not just the dirty birds. According to a ...

Candidates must formally declare their candidacy by September 12. Coming into this week, three early bird contenders had formally announced. The most recent poll, conducted by the Asahi Shimbun on ...

About one in four also slaughters larger animals, like sheep, goats, cows and pigs. As bird flu spreads to every corner of the globe, so-called wet markets like these are worrying public health ...

“Sorry. Hawk call,” Soleimani said sitting outside her home, studio, and wild bird rehabilitation clinic, Congress of the Birds, last week. She gets 50 bird-related calls a day and treats more ...