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 ...

Michigan could see more than 6.7 million birds fly overhead Thursday night, May 21, amid spring migration.

As millions of migratory birds pass through Chicago each spring, volunteers race to rescue injured birds and document deadly ...

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 ...

Ten months without touching the ground sounds made up. Like one of those nature facts you assume got exaggerated somewhere ...

There exists a strange and unnerving phenomenon that one of our news producers experienced this morning, that feels like it could be an omen for... something. He awoke to the sound of banging from ...

When wood thrushes arrive in northern Mississippi on their spring migration and begin to serenade my neighborhood with their ethereal, harmonized song, it’s one of the great joys of the season. It’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Migratory birds are some of nature’s most efficient ...

Although sometimes overlooked, a bird's tail is much more useful than you realize. Learn fascinating bird tail facts.