As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of ...

The upcoming total solar eclipse is set to bring people from around the country to stare in awe at the cosmological wonder, but it may also spark strange behavior in birds. The timing of the ...

For most humans, the increasingly longer days that arrive with spring are little more than a signal that summer is on the horizon. For migratory birds, however, they're a signal to begin the long ...

Birds were observed acting strangely during the recent total solar eclipse that stunned much of the United States earlier this month. Researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology noticed that there ...

Aguilar, who specializes in bird behavior, set out in summer 2023 to find a system to gather large volumes of data on the eclipse’s effects on local birds’ daily routines. With the help of Luddy ...

A December or January eastern phoebe (a flycatcher) is a rare find here, although the same individual would be commonplace in warmer months. Although common here from roughly mid-September through mid ...

New research from Te Herenga Waka Ph.D. graduate Tirth Vaishnav is exploring how birds' behavior and ecology vary across seasons and in response to both natural and human-driven environmental changes.

The total solar eclipse in North America on April 8, 2024, temporarily reset the biological clocks of some bird species, according to new research.The eclipse created a dramatic spectacle as the moon ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Research associate Terry McGlynn works surrounded by taxidermy animals at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, where researchers are studying bird feathers to determine the effects of wildfire ...