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 5 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 6 months ago

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 1 year 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 1 year ago

Bird of prey found dead along road had claw sticking through its chest. picked by arsphidius 5 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 7 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 1 year ago

A shorebird called a bar-tailed godwit, like the one pictured here, was recently found to have flown 7,145 miles (11,500 kilometers) nonstop from Alaska to New Zealand, the longest uninterrupted bird migration ever recorded, scientists say. picked by maxriter 1 year 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 9 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

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 7 months ago

Of course y'all probably forgot about the bird flu lately. picked by dork 1 year ago

An Indonesian man who had been suffering from bird flu for days has died, a hospital official said, taking Indonesia's death toll from the disease to 52. picked by Teaya21 2 years ago

Officials scrambled on Wednesday to determine what has caused the deaths of thousands of mallard ducks in south-central Idaho near the Utah border. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Looks like Big Bird is a gonner... picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

Bird flu may have infected an Indonesian woman's brain before it killed her yesterday, marking the 150th fatality caused by the virus worldwide since late 2003. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Falling Bird Prank [video] picked by sbalaciu 1 year ago

You can download a Google Earth file that shows the cases of bird flu outbreaks, and how they're linked with a 'tree'. picked by TheStep 1 year ago

Looks like the bird vaporized on impact. Not sure what kind of critter hit this Porsche but it certainly left it's mark! picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

The couple that were at the centre of a recent bird flu scare in Australia weren't sick because of contact with chickens but because they had swallowed 1.3kg of of heroin picked by teaya21 2 years ago