A new atlas catalogs nearly 11,000 bird names, revealing their origins, meanings, and the surprising stories behind how birds ...

There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name ...

Also known as the "stink bird," the hoatzin gets its name from the pungent smell caused by fermenting leaves in its diet.

Puzzlingly, many birds add human-made material to their nests with no obvious function – now there is evidence that these ...

A "weird puking bird" with a bizarre mating dance has won ... urging viewers to back the species more commonly known by its Maori name "puteketeke." Baffled organizers were soon in a flap as ...

From tools for fishing to built-in filters, these six birds have some of the most unusual beak designs in the animal kingdom. Toucans possess the largest bird bills at 7.5 inches, used for ...

according to the Bird Names for Birds website. While Bachman did consider Black people to be fully human, an unusual position for many Southern white people at the time, he was quoted in the New ...

It’s an added kind of emotional connection to these strange little backyard visitors you watch eating on cam. Name That Bird determines individual members of a species by identifying ...