When we were kids we all learned that birds fly south for winter. Even though it was probably one of the first fascinating facts you learned about birds, it’s not entirely true. Bird migration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The birds are on the move. In flocks so think they look like a "storm" cluster on your weather radar, the birds are moving for ...

Migratory birds embody some of the most intricate evolutionary adaptations in the animal kingdom, without which their journeys would be impossible. Here’s how the Pfeilstorch taught us this. In the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The BirdCast Migration Dashboard, a live migration map provided by Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology, estimates the number ...

Researchers at Cornell Lab of Ornithology, University of Massachusetts and University of Illinois have developed breakthrough methods to track the migration of individual bird species by combining ...

As late summer fades into autumn, Indiana’s skies transform into a living highway. Billions of birds begin their fall migration, heading south on a journey that spans hundreds — or even thousands — of ...

Bird strikes with aircraft pose a serious threat to human safety. The problem dates back to the early days of aviation, with the first death of a pilot recorded in 1912 when an aircraft crashed into ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A new tool is helping scientists identify specific bird species from among flocks of migrating birds. BirdFlow combines citizen science ...