Van Doren plans to explore the mechanisms of vagrancy and how that process might feed into the evolutionary establishment of new migration routes. In the meantime, he’s urging other ornithologists to ...

The primary reason birds migrate is survival. Most species move to find food and safe places to raise their young. In temperate or polar regions, winters are harsh and food sources such as insects, ...

Crowded bird migration stopovers are not always the biggest bottlenecks, highlighting the role of habitat resources.

Birds have always been a source of inspiration for humanity, with airplanes suggesting a human desire to imitate them. But they have more to teach than the power of flight. Twice a year, when ...

Migrating American white pelicans in autumn, Cherry Creek State Park, suburban Denver, Colorado© Images by Dr. Alan Lipkin/Shutterstock.com Urban environments may appear dominated by buildings and ...

Ma’agan Michael Birdwatching Park, between the Taninim River and Mediterranean, offers guided tours, bird sightings, and ...

Millions of birds pass through and above the Champaign-Urbana area on their way to warmer southern regions during the fall and winter migration period. At its peak, migratory numbers over C-U are in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bird migration represents one of nature’s most remarkable phenomena, where millions of feathered travelers navigate thousands of ...

Longer days are the catalyst that brings about hormonal changes, which alter avian behavior and physiology that stir migratory birds into long-distance flights to northern nesting grounds.

On a 2009 hike in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona, a group of birders heard an otherworldly, ethereal bird song floating, flute-like, through the canyon. The hikers identified the ...

A Blackpoll Warbler on Southeast Farallon Island in California is one example of the many birds that wind up as vagrants - well outside their normal range. A new study from the University of Illinois, ...