Our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds. These include a family of robins nesting atop a rain gutter, ...

Flightless birds have had a rough go of it over the past few centuries, with many going extinct — the most iconic being the ...

Why it's awesome: The hoatzin is often regarded as one of the world's strangest birds. Hatchlings are born with clawed wings ...

Birds of paradise, flying parrots, and vine leaves live in Les Néréides’ Eden. For all the piercings (helix, orbital, daith, ...

Sue Bird is ready to welcome the next generation of American basketball stars to Team USA. Bird, who was announced Thursday ...

For centuries, scientists have observed that animals in warmer climates have longer limbs—a pattern known as Allen's Rule.

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term ...

Effective mucosal immunity in the intestine involves a fine balance between tolerance of the microbiome, recognition and elimination of pathogens, and inflammatory tissue injury. The anti-inflammatory ...

The first Western monarchs typically arrive in Utah by May and lay eggs on milkweed (Asciepias speciosa) every 30 days beginning in June.

Duck hunting and decoy carving traditions face an uncertain future as climate change disrupts habitats in coastal North ...

A Pueo bird with a broken wing is benefiting from advances in 3D printing for veterinary medicine. WGN's Sean Lewis reports on a story veterinarians are saying is a groundbreaking solution in the ...