It’s been a big week for birds. BirdCast—a migration forecasting tool operated by Colorado State University and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology—tracked a whopping 1.8 million birds passing over DC on ...

Wind turbines may seem innocuous enough, but they have the potential to reshape the air birds fly through. In a recent ...

ALBUQUERQUE — Laura Banks, president of the nonprofit Bird Alliance of Central New Mexico, spoke about migratory birds to a nearly full audience at Los Poblanos Historic Inn & Organic Farm. Banks told ...

Remember when you were a kid and you looked up at the sky to see dozens of geese soaring overhead in a V shape? "Why do they do that?" you probably wondered. Seeing birds — from geese to pelicans and ...

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 ...

INDIANA, USA — May is typically the peak month for birds migrating north and passing over Indiana, however a huge surge of birds has recently flown over the Hoosier state thanks to strong south winds.

As late summer fades into autumn, Indiana’s skies transform into a living highway. Billions of birds begin their fall migration, heading south on a journey that spans hundreds — or even thousands — of ...

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 ...