Bird

The success of wild striated caracaras in a test suggests that the intellects of more bird species may be underestimated.

An endorsement from the comedian John Oliver led to a spike in votes for the eventual winner, the pūteketeke.

On Nov. 1, the American Ornithological Society announced that it would be renaming all the birds under its purview that…

The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless…

A new study highlights both the promise and the limitations of gene editing, as a highly lethal form of avian…

For every devoted birder, there is a bird that continues to elude sighting.

I open the pantry door and the eastern phoebe flies off the nest. Her cup-shaped home is made of mud,…

The association with the naturalist John James Audubon is “problematic” for a local group seeking to be more inclusive.

Not straying far from the zoo but not going back either, a bird of prey on the loose faces serious…

After leaving his damaged Central Park Zoo enclosure the night before, a Eurasian eagle-owl was the subject of an intense…