Have you ever locked eyes with a curious kitten or watched a hamster stuff its cheeks with glee? The world of small pets is ...

But even the fiercest groups of birds have diminutive members, little wide-eyed eaters of insects and small rodents like the 4-ounce American kestrels and saw-whet owls.

A new study of birds in Britain shows that small, short-lived birds may be able to survive just fine in a warmer climate, while larger, longer-lived bird species are more in danger of extinction.

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As birds’ total U.S. population at any given moment has been estimated at around 10 billion to 20 billion, that feral cat toll would probably exceed all mortality from window strikes, roadkill ...

AMSTERDAM, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Wednesday ordered poultry farmers to confine their birds to contain the spread of a highly infectious strain of bird flu.

The small birds rejoice in the green leaves returning, The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale; The primroses blow in the dews of the morning, And wild-scattered cowslips bedeck the ...

These Small Birds Flutter Their Wings to Say ‘After You’ to Their Partner A new study of Japanese tits provides the first evidence of non-primate animals using gestures to convey messages.

Scientists used to think birds were split into two groups: those that learn or imitate sounds, and those that can't. But a tiny wren from Aotearoa New Zealand bridges the two.