Hummingbirds are fascinating little birds found all over the Americas. They are known for their beautiful colors, aerial ...

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 ...

Millions of birds invisibly migrate through the night sky each autumn, most flying in near silence toward their wintering ...

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 ...

Birds have an ability to fly through obstacles by shifting their shape in flight, which is difficult to reproduce in uncrewed ...

In a rectangular room draped in camouflage netting, four Harris’s hawks took turns flying back and forth between grass-covered perches while scientists recorded their every biomechanical flutter. The ...

Birds like godwits temporarily shrink parts of their body, which frees up space and energy, making them lighter and more ...

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 ...