Equal parts strange and terrifying: these are some of the many monsters that have haunted Greek mythology since antiquity.

Sam Goddard left a mark on Arizona political history that better reflected his towering height than his single term as governor. The 6-foot-3-inch Goddard, who died Wednesday in Phoenix at 86 after a ...

Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention ...

An interview with ‘The Tale of Silyan’ director Tamara Kotevska on her documentary that melds man, bird, myth and magic.

Birds rely on natural timing patterns for survival and breeding. Climate change and urbanization disrupt these rhythms.

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 slaty-masked tinamou, recently discovered in Brazil, is utterly unafraid of people. That could be its undoing, ornithologists worry. By Joe Trezza Rotund, ground-dwelling and unafraid of humans to ...

Armed with enthusiasm, researchers and volunteers have joined forces to safeguard the flamboyant seabirds as climate change ...

Some 96 million Americans claim to engage in "birding" as a hobby. Cog editor Cloe Axelson is not one of them, and may never ...

The bright green parrots start with low-cost social behaviors—like sitting near each other without touching—when first interacting with unfamiliar birds within their species, possibly to avoid ...

It's hard to find a more superb bird than the superb bird of paradise. Males have an elaborate courtship ritual during which they spread out their black cape until only a bright blue breast plate and ...