Birds

A radio tower used by Customs and Border Protection in Kingsville, Texas, has become home to a group of hundreds of vultures who have coated the structure in urine and feces.

Discovery comes 74 years after evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr predicted fewer than 100 bird species were left to be discovered in the whole world.

President Donald Trump's latest comments about wind power are being compared to Don Quixote's famous fear of windmills.

A long-lived urban legend about the origins of feral parakeets in the British Isles has finally been disproven, and rock legend Jimi Hendrix is not to blame for the wild birds.

While dinosaur fossils have been found across Alaska, there are very few records of these ancient animals in the Alaskan Peninsula.

Scientists who were using tracking devices equipped with SMS texting to plot the locations of migratory eagles have been hit with massive roaming charges after the birds crossed over into Iran.

The dinosaur could bite with about three times the force of large crocodiles or great white sharks.

Two beams of light shining four miles into the sky from dusk until dawn pull migrating birds off course, researchers have found.

The parrot may have grown to just over 1 meter (3.3 feet) in height and weighed around 15 pounds, according to researchers.

Scientist studied tiny, transparent fish to learn more about sleep.

An Australian cockatoo had enough of guard spikes erected atop a shopping center, so he ripped them down in a scene captured on video.

The Ministry of Defense showcased its latest UAV offering at a military fair in Moscow earlier this week.

Ancient geoglyphs appear to depict hermits, pelicans and a baby parrot, morphological study says.

Plant extinctions endanger other organisms, ecosystems and the ability of humans to survive on our planet.

Researchers predict that the average total body mass of mammals will drop by 25 percent over the next century.

President Donald Trump also claimed that wind turbines forced down the value of nearby properties and killed huge numbers of birds.

Climate change is leading the two species to overlap more during breeding season.

"You look up into the sky and you see a black cloud coming toward you, getting closer and closer," Dave Cardona, who is spending his last day as the supervisor at the 548-unit complex Congress Apartments after 38 years, told Newsweek.

Birds have a highly efficient respiratory system which enables them to sustain powered flight.

On average, researchers found 40 pieces of plastic in adult mosquitoes.

Since 1990, bird collisions with aircraft have cost the aviation industry $1.2 billion in damages.

Michael Seymore, an ornithologist for the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), confirmed there was "productivity and nesting success in Louisiana for the bald eagle."

It took over 50 firefighters to put out the flames caused by one unfortunate animal who torched around 13 football fields' worth of land in northern Germany.

It appears like these birds preserve their cultural traditions much like humans do.

Dinosaurs are often depicted with their tongues sticking out, but this may be inaccurate, according to a new study.

The operation seized thousands of animals and identified around 1,400 people suspected of related criminal activity.

The asteroid and its after-effects ushered in a great extinction event that wiped out some three quarters of all plant and animal life, including dinosaurs and most birds.

Going toothless is more advantageous than you might think.

Number one is faster than a Lamborghini.

These beasts may have had an ingenious solution.