Countless YouTube videos feature pet birds singing and talking to their owners. Although it may seem like simple mimicry, ...

Noise pollution is affecting bird behavior across the globe, disrupting everything from courtship songs to the ability to find food and avoid predators, a large-scale new analysis showed on Wednesday.

University of Michigan study finds noise harms birds' health in many ways, including their ability to reproduce ...

"We can mitigate them, we can reduce them, we can reverse them." Researchers issue warning after observing concerning shift in bird behavior: 'Predictable effects' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Birds, like some other pets, are experts at masking illness. This is why signs of stress can sometimes be symptoms of an underlying medical condition. A sudden change in your bird’s behavior means you ...

The Guam kingfisher was extinct in the wild. Through coordinated breeding, cultural consultation, and careful reintroduction ...

This photograph, captured by Slovak photographer Roman Balaz, won the silver prize in the category for Amphibian and Reptile Behavior in the World Nature Photographer of the Year competition. The ...

Each February, crowds gather at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania to watch Punxsutawney Phil predict the weather. In 2026, the famous groundhog saw his shadow, which tradition says means six more weeks ...

For much of cinematic history, women have been permitted to suffer beautifully. They mourn, endure, forgive, and sacrifice. What they have rarely been allowed to do—at least without consequence—is ...

A ground-dwelling bird known for elaborate mating dances on the southern Great Plains will no longer be federally protected ...

By keeping hungry birds away from crops and preventing their droppings from contaminating fruit, kestrels may provide farmers ...

Or you saw it fake an injury as it limped across a gravel parking lot. Then you might have wondered, what’s a stilt-legged shorebird doing in a parking lot? Now is the time to start looking out for ...