While hiking in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Siskiyou County near California’s northern border, I came across several colorful birds that were zipping around at high speed to gobble up ...

Nature produces some truly extravagant costumes, and birds have evolved more than their fair share of dazzling outfits. Often, it's the male birds that steal the show with bold colors and unfurling ...

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The Monomet Conservation Sciences has released its 2025 State of the Birds report. The report reveals accelerating declines in bird populations across the continent of North America. These declines ...

If you want to create a haven for bright and colorful birds to roam your yard, you may want to start incorporating bright purple flowers to draw them in further. Unlike humans, birds have four color ...

Every page of Peter Cavanagh's "100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight," from the preface, where the author begins with “Flight is the essence of bird life. Flying has allowed birds ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Colorful woodpeckers in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Siskiyou County will soon have a new name. Matt Witt While hiking in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Siskiyou County near ...