As the frost line retreats northward in the early spring, its withdrawal is often closely followed — and occasionally ...

When a bird drapes its nest with snake skin, it isn't just making an interesting home décor choice. For some birds, it keeps ...

To avoid attracting predators such as chipmunks ... But if you catch a bird starting to nest, say, over your front door and ...

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...

A baby hummingbird might have a special way of warding off predators, which threaten tropical hummingbird species in infancy.

When they walked closer to the nest, the day-old chick, was covered in brown fuzz. began twitching and shaking its head—a ...

The resulting “eight-legged” bird may look like something ... as well as predators. If a predator comes near, the parent may ...

Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez ...

When Falk and Taylor walked closer to the nest, the chick began twitching and ... Prior studies have suggested that bird chicks in the tropics are more likely to be eaten by predators than those in ...