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Birds

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Dinosaur Death Trap

Mark Catesby's Blue Jay.

Mark Catesby’s New World

The artist sketched American wildlife for Europe’s high society, educating them on the creatures living among the unexplored lands

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Cook Your Bird with Thermite!

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Annual Dinosaur Dissection Day

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T. Rex: The Other White Meat?

A San Francisco resident has learned that wild male turkeys can gobble on cue.

Jukebox: A Choir of Turkeys

Wild turkeys gobble on cue

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The Dinosaur in Winter

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What Dinosaurs Walked Here?

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Hearts Afire Flamingo Style

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Parrots Before Penguins

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Hatching a New Idea

Electronic eggs hatch new insights into breeding exotic birds at the National Zoo

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Masters of the Storm

Kennedy Warne, author of “The Amazing Albatrosses,” talks about dangerous waters and albatross love

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What’s Up

Jim Henson, photojournalist Lola Alvarez Bravo and the heaviest bird that can fly

Birds Inspire Pine Growth

Cowbirds (a male, above) "are more highly evolved than we previously thought," says Jeff Hoover.

Wiseguys with Wings

“Mafia” cowbirds muscle warblers into raising their young

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