An international study has analyzed the distribution of 115 species of birds in spring and 72 that spend the winter in different cities. The study provides information on how to design urban areas ...

Old-growth forests and managed forests with old-growth characteristics can provide relief from climate change for some bird species, research by the Oregon State University College of Forestry ...

Urbanization, roads, and other human-induced changes to natural areas continue to alter and degrade wetlands nationwide. As natural wetlands decline in availability and quality, alternative habitats ...

These lessons were designed to accompany the first two parts of the PBS Life of Birds series. Although this lesson plan was developed primarily for grades 9-12, teachers of elementary or middle school ...

In birds and many other animals, there are large interspecific differences in the magnitude of annual variation in population size. Using time-series data on populations of solitary bird species, we ...

Brainerd, Minn. – They once were called bird-watchers. Now the preferred term is birders. And bird-watching is regularly referred to as birding. A bird-watcher was once oversimplified, thought of as ...

Ecologists who study flowering plants have long believed that flowers evolved with particular sets of characteristics to attract specific pollinators. But a recent article suggests that flowers ...

Earlier this year, a group of researchers published a paper on the remarkable phenomenon of sex reversal in several ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Old-growth forests and managed forests with old-growth characteristics can provide relief from climate change for some bird species, research by the Oregon State University ...