The Bald Eagle’s undeniable majesty has earned it longtime status as the mascot of the United States, but the bird also has some surprisingly quirky traits, like its dicey aerial courtship routine or ...

North American migratory birds are becoming smaller as the planet warms due to climate change, a new study finds. ... Smithsonian Magazine, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics and more.

A concerning discovery from a sweeping study of bird behavior across North America indicates a critical mismatch in our ecosystems. Scientists are finding that many bird species, despite their efforts ...

CONTINUING its series of reproductions of paintings of birds in North America, the National Geographic Magazine for July illustrates and describes the eagles, hawks and vultures. The descriptive ...

North American bird populations are shrinking most rapidly in the very areas where they are still most abundant, according to a new study leveraging citizen science data for nearly 500 bird species.

North America’s grassland birds are deeply in trouble 50 years after adoption of the Endangered Species Act, with numbers plunging as habitat loss, land degradation and climate change threaten ...

Since last week, 16 species of North American land birds have been spotted in Britain and Ireland, including several species of warblers, one northern parula, 10 cliff swallows and three Baltimore ...

Off-screen, North American birds are fighting for their lives amid rapid population decline. A 2019 study found that the population of North America's birds had dropped by 30%, or 2.9 billion ...

A study published in Science reveals that North American bird populations are declining most severely in areas where they should be thriving. Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ...

Three out of every four of the 500 North American bird species are in decline, a recent study found. But unlike the mass extinctions that killed off the dinosaurs, this one is driven by us.