The Trump administration on Friday advanced its plans to cut federal regulation protections for birds despite criticisms from scientists and former federal officials that the move will likely be severely detrimental to the U.S. bird population.

Scientists have sequenced the "code of life" of species from almost every branch of the bird family tree.

Bird strikes are one of the main environmental concerns surrounding onshore wind farms. Dr. May, a senior researcher from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research in Trondheim, said they were keen to test whether mitigation measures could reduce the rate of bird strikes. In a study, they found out that painting one blade of a wind turbine black could cut bird strikes at wind farms by up to 70%. The idea is that this design reduces the so-called motion smear, making the blades more visible to birds reducing the annual fatality rate significantly.

This is a delightful video and those who have chickens will especially enjoy it.

A second study looked in unprecedented detail at the brains of pigeons and barn owls, finding hints to the basis of their intelligence.

The Superb Lyrebird is famous for its song and dance, but what is less known is their extraordinary role as world-class ecosystem engineers.

The study ran for nine years at Norway's Smøla wind farm.

The moment a chick hatches from its egg, maggots burrow into its skin to drink its blood, usually killing it. But scientists have found a way to stop the blood-sucking parasites.

A man who admitted that he and a juvenile shot and killed two whooping cranes in 2016 must pay $85,000 and cannot hunt until he completes 360 hours of public service. The sentence given Thursday to Kaenon Constantin of Rayne is the toughest ever in Louisiana for a crime involving one of the endangered birds, the International Crane Foundation said in a news release.

Swifts spend all their time in the sky. What can their journeys tell us about the future?

A story for my granddaughter about oxygen, evolution, and our planet’s fate.

A story for my granddaughter about oxygen, evolution, and our planet’s fate. By Walter Murch

Hummingbirds can see more colors than humans, and new research suggests the skills give them an advantage in foraging and communication.

The comments of a parrot may be used in an upcoming rape and murder trial. Elizabeth Toledo, 46, was raped and then killed in the city of San Fernando, Argentina in December 2018. At the end of the month a police officer was guarding the crime scene when they heard a parrot say "Ay, no, Por favour, soltame!" ("No, please, let me go"), Clarin reports.

Migratory birds may be particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change compared with birds that stay put during the winter,scientists reported May 26 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers found that residential birds in North America have expanded their ranges into warming northerly areas since the 1970s, while the breeding grounds occupied by migratory birds have shrunk.

At first, a Belgian man thought the noise coming from his outdoor planter was pesky pigeons. Turns out, it was Europe’s largest owl — four of them. One of the world’s largest owls, the Eurasian eagle owl, set up camp in Jos Baart’s third-storey apartment planter. Since the mother owl’s three gigantic chicks hatched, they’ve taken to watching TV through the window with their new landlord.

As with global affairs, nature has its pecking order. And in a contest between the bald eagle, America's national bird, and a common loon, which is featured on Canada's dollar coin, few would bet on the latter to come out the victor. But sometimes the underdog comes out on top, as was revealed when an eagle was found dead in the water near a dead loon chick in a Maine lake.

The species has eluded scientists for 130 years, and this is the first time these photos are being published for Filipinos to see.

Britain’s largest bird of prey has returned to the English skies for the first time in 240 years. White-tailed eagles, which have a wing span up to 2.5 metres, were once a common sight across southern England until the 18th century when they were wiped out by illegal killing. They were last recorded in England in 1780 at Culver Cliff on the Isle of Wight, before becoming extinct in the whole of the UK in 1918 when the final bird was shot on the Scottish Shetland Islands.