A team of researchers are studying how human well-being is impacted by regularly feeding birds. The group is no longer looking just at how bird feeding impacts birds – but looking at the activity’s ...

Birds in wetlands, Gambella, Ethiopia. Image courtesy of Abebayehu Aticho. According to the locals, certain species are seen as messengers bringing them blessings, omens or bad luck. They commonly ...

A new grant supporting conservation along the African-Eurasian Flyway highlights a simple but often overlooked truth: ...

We don’t typically think of birds as travel buddies, but companionable parrots may enjoy going to work with you if pets are allowed (the late, great Larry was popular at both my office and my ...

Birds are the surviving descendants of predatory dinosaurs. However, since the likes of Tyrannosaurus and Velociraptor, some parts of their anatomy have become radically transformed. The skull, for ...

The asteroid that slammed into Earth 65.5 million years ago killed most, but not all, of the dinosaurs. Those that survived were a feathered lot, and they're still around today, a new exhibit at the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Gambella region of Ethiopia is home to 71 bird species that are culturally important to the traditional pastoralist Nuer people and have ...