A remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil offers fresh clues about early bird flight. This ancient creature, a link between dinosaurs and birds, shows well-preserved wings with specialized feathers. These ...

If Coco Chanel gave the common blackbird a makeover, the result would be the oropendola. With a minimalist colour palette and an occasional pop of colour, these mid-sized birds ooze chic simplicity.

A fossil skull from Spain reveals Gorgonavis alcyone, a 125-million-year-old bird that expands the known range of early long-beaked birds.

For an inexpensive yet attractive-looking bird feeder, we tried converting this Dollar Tree candle lantern into a platform ...

Centuries before the rise of the Inca Empire, a much smaller kingdom on the central coast of Peru already had a sophisticated ...

Woodpeckers aren’t trying to be musicians, but they are drummers. You may have heard the familiar drumming of a woodpecker before. They are omnivorous consumers of insects, tree sap and nectar, along ...

Angry Birds arrived in the early days of the App Store when the concept of a mobile game with touch controls was new.

A hummingbird gorget is a strange sounding word for shimmering feathers that catch the light. Learn more about these colorful ...

LUNENBURG — Bird feathers are among nature’s most extraordinary creations — engineered for flight, designed for survival and often dazzling in beauty. Acclaimed birding author Heather Wolf will take ...

Vanya, curator of birds and mammals at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, studies a turkey vulture wing at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. — Photos: BRYAN ANSELM/The New York Times Vanya ...