Birds are always up to something, and these entries captured an array of avians doing everything from impaling prey to ...

Our national bird (which was only made official recently, interestingly enough) brings about a sense of patriotism, does it ...

From climbing trees to ripping prey, from scuttling up tree trunks to using feet as hands, evolutionary engineering is at ...

Turkey vultures deter predators by projectile vomiting gastric juices as acidic as battery acid that burns their attacker's ...

Harris’s Hawk are one of the birds who stay in the group to hunt or eat the fleshes of the dead animals. Eagles are the most furious hunters in the bird species and eat the maximum amount of dead ...

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they ...

Although homeowners put out feeders, birdhouses, and birdbaths to attract birds to their yards, not all species are welcomed ...

The first human bird flu death was reported out of Louisiana on Monday, Jan. 6. The same case was the first serious case of ...

Vultures play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance by consuming carcasses and preventing disease spread. They are ...

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Sally Laughlin started the Christmas Bird Count in Woodstock 50 years ago and has been organizing it ever since. She’s retiring after this year. About 20 people gathered in a church in Woodstock ...