For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...
Ocean pollution is quietly draining energy from seabirds’ cells, as mercury and forever chemicals disrupt mitochondria even ...
Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal kingdom—function permanently without it. This may be relevant in future ...
Global conservation success now requires tracking 126 bird species currently classified as lost to science. Facing 10 times more extreme heat days has created a critical survival barrier for tropical ...
When the mercury drops, birds rely on a variety of strategies to withstand the cold. But one of the most interesting is an ...
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology today announced the release of a new online tool for studying biodiversity and the ...
A baby's babbling may sound like nonsense, but it's actually an extended act of trial-and-error learning. As babies produce ...
Bird flies 7,500 miles nonstop. Staying in the air for 11 days straight, a bar-tailed godwit (Limosa Lapponica) flew from Alaska to New Zealand. World leaders react to Trump's tariff threat over ...