Fears of bird flu thwarted the flight, and the vulture was freed in northern Thailand on Thursday, thousands of miles from home. China and South Korea refused to let the bird be flown through their capitals, despite tests showing it did not have bird flu. picked by suebe 2 years ago

The new bird, Eoconfuciusornis is the oldest known confuciusornithid, a group unique to China. It therefore represents an early stage in bird evolution. Confuciusornithids lived from 120-131 million years ago and include the oldest birds with horny beaks. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

See a bird and have no clue what it is? This website is a fantastic search engine for wild birds and guides you through choosing its shape, colour, habitat and call and helps you identify the bird!

I find this site super useful and always refer to it when I venture out of my province.

"That Bird is a Liar!" picked by chinook 9 months ago

Texas Tech University used computer programs originally designed for aircraft to analyze the probable flight characteristics of Argentavis magnificens, a giant bird that lived in South America 6 million years ago. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

Bird of prey found dead along road had claw sticking through its chest. picked by arsphidius 9 months ago

A small greenish bird that has been playing hide-and-seek with ornithologists on a remote Indonesian island since 1996 was declared a newly discovered species on Friday and promptly recommended for endangered lists. The new species is called the Togian white-eye, or Zosterops somadikartai. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Fresh out of the shell, it tipped the scales at 0.94 grams, about the same as a paper clip. That makes the rare baby 'akepa the smallest songbird ever reared by hand picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A dedicated team of pub goers have drunk themselves into the record books by carrying out the longest ever pub crawl. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

The photographs you are about to see show how a very determined male bird tries to save his female mate that has been seriously injured. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

A bird that caught fire after being electrocuted at a substation is suspected of igniting a 2 acre wildfire Monday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a stunning rare case of a triple merger of galaxies. This system, which astronomers have dubbed 'The Bird' - albeit it also bears resemblance with a cosmic Tinker Bell - is composed of two massive spiral galaxies and a third irregular galaxy. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A wild bird is little worse for wear after being hit by a car while crossing a road, then spending two days trapped behind the car's grille. Connie Ankli said she unknowingly drove around with the bird, believed to be a quail, inside her vehicle's front end. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The wayward bird flew through the window, slamming into the side of the driver’s head. picked by Bornbad 1 month ago

Flight to the limits picked by whi73rav3n 2 years ago

The challenge of finding the largest prime number ever known seems like an impossible task, however, when you put mathematicians and 100,000 computers together, you get an amazing result, which could qualify for the $100,000 prize offered by the Electronic Frontier Foundation for the first individual or group who discovers a prime number with at least 10,000,000 decimal digits. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Tripp Isenhour has been charged in Orlando with intentionally killing a protected bird with a golf shot.

He apparently was pissed off because it was squawking while they were trying to film a video segment. So yea, he was totally justified. picked by moe 10 months ago

A Japanese film crew has shot a 45-second-long video of a flying fish in the air, in what may be the longest recorded flight of the acrobatic species. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Unfortunately, it didn't bring any sunscreen and disliked the local food. picked by suebe 9 months ago

An intergalactic particle beam stretching for more than a million light years is the longest ever seen. According to the team that discovered this record breaker, it could help reveal how such jets of matter bind themselves together. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Did you ever wonder about your own "fight or flight" response? Here's is a young man discovering that his response is most definitely "fight." How would your primitive brain respond? picked by ogri2003 2 years ago