For the past three months the chatter of the Arctic Tern colony has served as the soundtrack of the summer breeding season.

Climate change has now become one of the biggest threats to ecosystems globally, as global cycles that have helped species thrive for centuries have shifted. Birds in particular, for their elaborate ...

Typically considered exceedingly rare in birds, a new study in Australia found sex reversal rates up to 6 percent for some ...

Bird populations are in rapid decline across North America. While climate change is just one of the many factors influencing North American birds, its effects are significant and can interact with ...

A study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B finds that light and noise pollution in cities disrupt birds' sleep, leading to ...

Yes and no: It depends on how you classify animals. There are two main classification systems – the Linnaean system which groups organisms by characteristics and the phylogenetics system, which ...