New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...

Despite their mobility, North American birds are struggling to outpace climate change. Research indicates that while many species are shifting their ranges northward or to higher elevations ...

James Gentz has seen birds aplenty on his East Texas rice-and-crawfish farm: snow geese and pintails, spoonbills and teal. The whooping crane couple, though, he found “magnificent.” ...

Changes in the number, shape, efficiency and interconnectedness of organelles in the cells of flight muscles provide extra energy for birds’ continent-spanning feats. Weighing in at a single ounce, ...

ALL RIGHT, SARAH, THANK YOU. AND NEW PICTURES TONIGHT AS NEWS EIGHT CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE THOUSANDS OF FARM BIRDS THAT WERE ALLEGEDLY LEFT TO DIE AT U.S. POSTAL SERVICE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS.

A recent spate of birds falling dead in one Bay Area neighborhood has turned into a homespun mystery after a resident claimed one exploded, neighbors blamed the local utility company and ...

First reported by ABC7 News, residents told the outlet that they first noticed birds turning up dead several months ago, and have since witnessed them appearing to “explode” in mid-air.

Blowing-up birds are bewildering a Bay Area ‘burb. Dozens of birds have met their sudden and violent demise in a California neighborhood in recent months, dropping out of the sky mid-flight and ...

A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds "exploding." Residents of a neighborhood in the Bay Area community of Richmond ...

RICHMOND, Calif. (KGO) -- A disturbing mystery is unfolding on Bernhard Avenue in Richmond, where residents say birds are being killed at an alarming rate. "It's very traumatic," said local ...

We’re all used to seeing birds like pigeons on city roads, parrots that talk, or eagles flying high in the sky. But the bird world is much more surprising than it seems. Across the world ...

NEWS EIGHT. TAYLOR. THANK YOU. NEW INFORMATION TONIGHT AS NEWS EIGHT CONTINUES TO LOOK INTO THOUSANDS OF FARM BIRDS THAT DIED AFTER BEING LEFT IN A TRACTOR TRAILER OUTSIDE A DISTRIBUTION CENTER IN ...