Q. Why do mockingbirds mimic the songs of other birds? Are there any other bird mimics? Can birds reproduce the sounds of other animals? A. Mimicry is a common trait of the northern mockingbird, which ...

That's not my question. It's apparently the question many curious people asked Google. In fact, so many people asked that particular question that when you type "Do birds … " in the ubiquitous search ...

Birds may face higher risk of extinction than conventionally thought, says a bird ecology and conservation expert from Stanford University. Dr. Cagan H. Sekercioglu, a senior research scientist at ...

Spring in the Arctic brings forth a plethora of peeps and downy hatchlings as millions of birds gather to raise their young. The same was true 73 million years ago, according to a paper featured on ...

For a few months of the year, the Alaskan Arctic becomes flooded with birds. From shorebirds to waterfowl, these avians arrive in the spring to breed, nest, and raise their young, and to take ...

An illustration of Cretaceous Period birds with other dinosaurs from the same time period in the background. A paper in the journal Science documents the earliest-known example of birds nesting in the ...

For a migratory bird, good timing is a matter of life or death. Every spring countless warblers, geese, hummingbirds, and more—one in five bird species, all told—leave their winter hideaway on a long ...

Q. Why do mockingbirds mimic the songs of other birds? Are there any other bird mimics? Can birds reproduce the sounds of other animals? A. Mimicry is a common trait of the northern mockingbird, which ...

Learn more about the earliest evidence of birds breeding and nesting in the Arctic, a behavior that millions of birds continue to this day. For a few months of the year, the Alaskan Arctic becomes ...