When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Birds have an arsenal of senses they use to orient themselves — some we're familiar with, and ...
A new study underscores the importance of conservation for the region’s “Five Great Forests,” which support nearly half of ...
As surely as one season marches into the next, the natural world follows suit and prepares for the changes ahead. When spring arrives, tree leaves unfurl, shoots emerge from the ground, and migrating ...
Each year, as winter approaches, many bird species undertake an exhausting migration, sometimes hundreds or even thousands of miles long. Birds will fly south to find more temperate climates, which is ...
You might have noticed a flock of hummingbirds sipping nectar from your feeder or a pair of trilling sandpipers creeping about in a bush to trap grasshoppers and insects. As autumn arrives, it’s time ...
A flock of migrating birds in the sky above the sea. Seasonal migration of birds. Soft selective focus. SATURDAY, Oct. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As millions of birds migrate south for the winter, ...
An ornithologist spent four decades tracking 40,000 bird deaths at a single building. His records paved the way to better scientific and public understanding. In 1978, David Willard was working at the ...
Twice a year, billions of birds travel hundreds of miles between their winter and summer homes, mostly at night, using the stars to navigate. In Northern Virginia alone, an estimated 100 to 160 ...
Golden autumn sunlight glints through the sedges and shrubs of the tundra in northern Alaska. Winter is approaching, and soon the region will be buried under snow and ice. For the past three months ...
Iowans may feel like they are in an Alfred Hitchcock movie due to millions of birds migrating over the state during May. An influx of birds will be overhead as species start to migrate northward for ...
Peak spring bird migration in Mississippi starts in late April for southern counties and continues into mid-May for central and northern areas. BirdCast provides real-time migration maps and alerts, ...
“It shows that all of nature is in constant flux and changing on some scale. This one is a dramatic change. It’s the ...