If you’ve ever been chased by an angry seagull at the beach, you’ve experienced a bird behavior called mobbing. Many species of birds have realized there is strength in numbers, especially when they ...

Many animal species detect and avoid predators by smell, but this ability has been largely overlooked in the study of birds, since it was traditionally thought that they did not make use of this sense ...

New research which found that the New Zealand bellbird is capable of changing its nesting behavior to protect itself from predators, could be good news for island birds around the world at risk of ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A program to protect endangered birds from predators at Mission Bay will go ahead after the San Diego City Council denied appeals Tuesday by two animal welfare organizations and the ...

Hello again Teller County. How many of you, I wonder, are reading this at your home where you can hear birds chirping as they happily feed on seeds that you left for them in a feeder? Maybe you like ...

When it comes to the sky, birds usually rule the air, but not always. There are powerful hunters out there that send even the boldest flocks into a panic. These aren’t just predators; they’re apex ...

Q: Are colorfully feathered male birds the target for predators — that is, colorful in order to draw attention away from the less colorful female birds? I have read that the colorful male birds are ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls for dangers coming by land or by air. “Prairie ...

Many animals camouflage themselves to avoid being eaten by predators, but few are as strange as a spider that disguises itself as bird poop. The orb-web spider's silver body and the white, silken, ...