Zebra finches learn their courtship songs early in life by first listening to their fathers and memorizing the melodies.

In his home office in Durham, Duke neuroscientist Richard Mooney shows a series of images of a bird's brain on song. In one, ...

From frigatebirds and gulls to curlews and cormorants, researchers are tapping the ”Internet of Animals” to map, understand, and protect our changing world.

Bird flu cases are rising rapidly in the U.S. and around the world. A new study traces how the disease spread over the last ...

Warming weather will soon bring thrills, chills, spills, and great family fun at New Jersey's 16+ exciting amusement parks.

In the latest in a series looking at Shakespeare’s references to birds, Steve Sutherland has the lark in his sights.

Millions of animals are at risk, but what are the rarest animals in the world? These are some of the most endangered animals, ...

From the bumblebee bat to the Baluchistan pygmy jerboa, here are eight of the world's smallest mammals who thrive in a world built for giants.

Spring is nearly here, and so is the chance to observe the circle of life for majestic peregrine falcons in the Big Apple.

Double jeopardy: An undocumented Portuguese man in Rhode Island faces deportation for a second time. He re-entered the US and ...

A 24-hour livestream of a pair of nesting adult peregrine falcons in a cathedral has captured the arrival of the first egg.

Big Bear Lake has rainbow trout, bass, bluegill sunfish, blue catfish, common carp, and more for the birds to eat ... Shadow actually has the record for fastest catch on the lake, and the ...