The migration occurs as warmer-weather birds relocate to find better weather and more abundant food sources. While the state ...

To find out, Elena Tena, a biologist at Doñana Biological Station in Seville, Spain, and her colleagues attached ultra-light ...

Students and faculty have noticed light pollution on campus, sparking environmental concerns. Negative effects on bird migration and stargazing can be caused from too much artificial light.

Smithsonian contributing writer Jim Robbins about what aeroecology is telling us about the ecosystem above.A transcript is ...

Millions of migratory birds are currently flying over Southwest Florida, with peak migration still to come. Weather radar systems are detecting the massive flocks. The peak of the fall migration ...

New study sees sky layers as living environments for various species of animals as they navigate through the air.

Bar-headed Goose: Highest flyers, counted in record numbers at Pong Dam. Greater Flamingo: Iconic pink flocks dominate the salt pans of Rann of Kutch. Amur Falcon: The small raptor completes one of ...

When a total solar eclipse plunged North America into darkness on the afternoon of April 8, 2024, the songbirds in Bloomington, Ind., suddenly fell silent. In the middle of the forest, the only sounds ...

This time of year, birds aren’t exactly looking at a calendar and saying to each other, “Hey guys, it’s time to migrate.” Instead, they’re taking their cues from the diminishing sunlight, cooling ...