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 3 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 1 year 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

An 80-million-year-old fossil recently uncovered in the Gobi desert could be a key piece of the evolutionary puzzle of how massive dinosaurs gave rise to today's comparatively tiny birds. The newfound species, dubbed Mahakala omnogovae, measures just 27.5 inches (70 centimeters) from its head to the tip of its feathered tail. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months 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 10 months ago

China houses several early-human (Paleolithic) archaeological sites along the Nihewan Basin near Mongolia, some with artifacts that date back about 1 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Bird of prey found dead along road had claw sticking through its chest. picked by arsphidius 2 months ago

A newly found species small enough to fit in the palm of a hand is North America's oldest known primate, according to a new study. The fossil is 55 million years old. picked by MandolinOrange 4 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 4 months 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 6 months ago

"A shape-shifting, robotic bird [complete with flapping wings] that can sweep through the skies without a peep has all the right stuff for ground surveillance..." picked by deepchill 12 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 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 11 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 4 months ago

Without its beak, a woodpecker would be up a gumtree. But as the well-endowed fellow shows, it's possible to have too much of a good thing. The great spotted male, a regular visitor to a garden in North Yorkshire, has a bill more than twice the normal size. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

The fossil evidence in hand, found in west-central India, predates the oldest previously known rabbits by several million years and extends the record of the whole category of the animal on the Indian subcontinent by 35 million years. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Unfortunately, it didn't bring any sunscreen and disliked the local food. picked by suebe 3 months ago

Turns out this is absolutely false. I always believed it. That's a shame, really; I was hoping to see a bird explode one day. picked by donteatpoop 6 months ago

Australian scientists have found a remarkable 380 million year old fossil placoderm fish with intact embryo and mineralised umbilical cord. Video included. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

Scientist have found a skeleton of the long extinct Dodo bird, complete with DNA. picked by kyot 1 year ago