Birds

"If going near a nesting tree is necessary, carry an open umbrella for protection," the Arizona Game and Fish Department said.

Special locks, designed to prevent the crafty cockatoos from breaking into the garbage containers and making a mess, have been distributed to residents.

"Ellie's grief conversations have helped me to revisit my grief in a gentle way," her owner told Newsweek.

After mating "repeatedly" for several days, the two females each produced four eggs.

A Massachusetts homeowner was "surprised" to see the bear on camera furiously devouring the contents of his bird feeder.

The swan's mate was also found injured by a discarded fishing hook several weeks ago.

Wrinkle the duck tried on outfits, looked at toys and said hello to fellow birds.

A hunting competition recently canceled a category where children under the age of 14 were tasked with killing as many feral cats as possible, due to backlash.

The female can be seen devouring the large snake from inside the nesting box while she incubates her eggs.

In the third ever case of a human infection by H3N8 bird flu—a different virus to the H5N1 bird flu currently in the U.S.—a woman in China has died.

The owl has been terrorizing parkgoers, so much so that officials are advising them to use umbrellas to fend off an attack.

"It feels sad but, in the end, it's nature's rule," photographer Loukik Thakre told Newsweek. "Sometimes nature is not fair to everyone."

A bald eagle couple in California's San Bernardino National Forest is taking care of two eggs amid extreme winter weather in the state.

The massive shoebill, a 5-foot-tall dinosaur-like bird, is listed as a vulnerable species due to its habitat being destroyed.

Invasive Joro spiders have been found to have specialized silk-making glands that allow them to spin their super-strong webs.

Opponents of wind turbines often use arguments about their danger to birds to criticize the construction of these renewable energy sources.

The dead bodies of birds are being used to disguise drones with flapping wings, allowing them to blend into the environment better.

The video is taken from the National Geographic documentary series "Super/Natural", executive-produced by James Cameron and narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch.

A new conspiracy theory suggests that egg shortages are not due to highly contagious bird flu, but because egg yolk is a secret cure for COVID-19.

The expensive effort to bring the dodo back from the dead could have positive impacts in ecology and research, but could also negatively affect other animals.

Former president Donald Trump criticized turbine tech alleging it was a major bird killer in the U.S.

The bird was found wandering around a park, despite being from a captive breed and incapable of flight.

The incendiary Fox News host claimed there are other unspecified forces at work behind the current egg shortage than the bird flu outbreak.

Lake Abert has dried up so much that the water's salinity levels are too high for native brine shrimp, a major food source for migratory birds.

Resurfaced false narrative targets former First Lady, "apocalyptic" scene of swarming birds, and video of "rain in one spot"—in today's Misinformation Watch.

In a world first, the three grizzly bears were found to have a form of highly pathogenic avian influenza, also known as bird flu.

Two live birds, later identified as toucans, were found wrapped in stockings and concealed inside a traveler's purse.

Praying mantises often capture and kill fish, frogs and even small species of birds.

"That is an unusual call. But you never know what you will find on any given day in patrol," said Captain Kaley Behl.

The Galápagos Islands are a remote archipelago in the Pacific Ocean home to a wide variety of unique flora and fauna species.