Every year, billions of birds around the world take to the skies for their annual migration. It’s truly astonishing as these journeys often span oceans, continents, and even hemispheres. Some species ...

12 October 2024 - For the first time this year, the theme of the World Migratory Bird Day highlights the importance of insects for migratory birds, and calls more action to protect decreasing ...

A flock of migrating birds soaring overhead can be a breathtaking sight. The problem is, when these birds are spotted flying en masse, their populations appear large and healthy. However, migratory ...

A familiar list of birds lives in the South year-round: cardinals, robins, blue jays, nuthatches, and woodpeckers, to name a ...

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 ...

Changes in the number, shape, efficiency and interconnectedness of organelles in the cells of flight muscles provide extra energy for birds’ continent-spanning feats. Weighing in at a single ounce, ...

A powerful new online tool maps the full annual journeys of an initial 89 highly vulnerable migratory bird species across the Americas. Developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Convention ...