Every year, billions of birds migrate in and out of the United States. And across the world, birds fly thousands of miles to reach their seasonal destinations. Some birds, like the Arctic tern ( ...

The Hadejia Wetlands National Park in northwestern Nigeria is a vital ecological treasure, designated as both a globally ...

When you think of migrating birds, you may picture something like geese flying overhead in their distinctive V-formation. But ...

In North America, 70% of bird species migrate, and more than 80% of those species migrate at night—sometimes at volumes of hundreds of millions of birds a night! These are the travelers whose ...

Numerous studies find bird migration is changing in response to warmer temperatures for some migrating birds. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

But go one level deeper and the answer to why birds migrate becomes murkier, Yanco adds. “That central question actually motivates a lot of my research,” he says.

Seven of the U.S.’ top 10 riskiest cities for migrating birds each spring are in the middle of the country, according to a 2019 study published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.

Migrating flocks of wild birds can carry avian influenza, also known as the bird flu. That’s why Kansas officials are warning residents to avoid sick birds and report or dispose of dead ones.

Sandhill cranes are the latest victims of a particularly persistent strain of avian influenza, killing at least 1,500 of the migrating birds in recent weeks, according to a biologist with the India… ...

Between 90,000 and 230,000 migrating birds are killed from striking into buildings every year, according to NYC Bird Alliance data, a shocking total that is up 20% this year.

In Wisconsin, birds usually begin to migration about 30 to 45 minutes after sunset, with the greatest number in flight about two to three hours after that, according to historical BirdCast data.