NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.

In the United States and Canada there are many birds colored primarily yellow and black. This is a common color pattern of several species of finches, tanagers, orioles, meadowlarks and warblers.

Although scientists have uncovered a number of transitional fossils of bird-like animals, precisely what was the first bird is a complicated question to answer. Birds and non-avian dinosaurs are ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks that lived alongside the dinosaurs. By Asher Elbein Asher Elbein ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — It's difficult to know what birds 'think' when they fly, but scientists in are getting some remarkable new insights by looking inside birds' heads. Evolutionary biologists and ...

At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen in cows, state agriculture officials confirmed Wednesday, and respiratory symptoms like ...

As temperatures plummet to below zero across Michigan this week, backyard bird enthusiasts who enjoy watching and feeding their feathered visitors may wonder how, or if, they can withstand the ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5 ... animals have contaminated with their secretions/excretions like mucous, saliva, feces, or milk (in dairy cows) are at greater risk ...

Many Kansans may not know it, but the state over the past 15 years has adopted symbols that include the state grass, fish, ...

Lawmakers considered the goldfinch. Kids liked the scarlet tanager best. The whole thing took more than three decades.

Lazuli buntings are very small birds, similar to finches, that are named after the gemstone lapis lazuli. Both male and females have the brilliant blue hue, but males have a pumpkin-colored chest ...