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

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

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

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

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

The day-old bird, smaller than a pinky finger, had brown fuzz all over its body. When Falk and Taylor walked closer to the nest, the chick began twitching and shaking its head—a behavior they had ...

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 out of a science ... Males and females both protect their territory ...

Meet the great potoo, a mysterious nocturnal bird from Central and South America. It has a unique ability—it can see even with its eyes closed! Let’s explore more about this fascinating bird.

That changed when Michael Castaño-Díaz and Sebastián Gallan Giraldo, a Ph.D student and research assistant, spotted a White-necked Jacobin nest with a caring female and one egg in a national park in ...

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