For thousands of years, scientists knew of two tiny marsupials in New Guinea only through fossils and local legend. Researchers had long considered these species extinct. However, a team recently ...

The Everglades seldom benefit from invasive species. Burmese pythons have unraveled food webs for decades. Asian swamp eels threaten wading birds. Green iguanas damage landscapes and infrastructure.

Researchers and volunteers in Texas documented birds of different species preening one another. Experts say the behavior may be more common than documented. By Clarissa Brincat On Feb. 4, 2023, in ...

For birdwatchers and ornithology enthusiasts across the United States, one burning question often arises: which state reigns supreme in avian biodiversity? The race for the title of “state with the ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among birds: the illustrated Birds of the World Phylogeny ...

Bird watching is something of a national pastime. Ninety-six million Americans are birding these days, but 91 million of them are doing so from home, according to a 2022 U.S. Fish and Wildlife survey.

Male bluebird (Sialia mexicana) in close-up. Image via Blalonde, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Birds of ...

Birds-of-paradise have long dazzled us with their incredibly vibrant and varied plumage, but researchers studying the group have recently made an even more incredible discovery. Plumage on 37 of 45 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These three bird courtship displays are so bold, precise ...

Bird species with declining populations get most of the attention in the world of bird conservation. This is logical. But let’s start 2026 with some good news. According to the Breeding Bird Survey ...

Two new species of bird-dropping crab spiders have been discovered in Malaysia and the Philippines, according to a study. Polina Koroleva Unsplash A scientist has discovered two new species of crab ...

Airline personnel at Sentani Airport in Jayapura found the protected bird in cargo after an X-ray inspection. It was already deceased at the time of the discovery. At that point, aviation security ...