“People tend to have an unconscious bias towards male birds, and that’s often because they’re brighter and easier to identify ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...

Very few humans have gone up against bird flu. But we've all dealt with seasonal flu for years. Some of our immune systems ...

Bird flu “is adapting to mammals, and it continues to show new tricks,” Nelson tells The Verge. The virus is spreading widely ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...

Scientists have created a handheld sensor that can quickly detect bird flu (H5N1) in the air, potentially stopping ...

Scientists at the University of Maryland are researching the science behind avian influenza, or bird flu. Dr. Andrew ...

A new report reveals that more than one-third of all U.S. bird species stand in high or moderate conservation danger.

In this week's Short Wave roundup, Berly McCoy and Regina Barber talk about the origins of life on Earth, what bird brains illuminate about human speech and how ADHD is mischaracterized on TikTok.

Scientists recorded and analyzed bird sounds using AI in Sierra Nevada forests. Their research helps in wildlife protection.

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently ...

As she searched, she wore special goggles that blocked the blue light and revealed only the illumination produced by fluorescing birds-of-paradise. The scientists then took those birds into a ...