Many migratory birds use Earth’s magnetic field as a compass, but some can also use information from that field to determine more or less where they are on a mental map.

Billions of birds travel distances incomprehensible to humans annually. Some, like the Arctic tern, log sufficient miles in ...

This bird is like a GPS for honey ... To see which sound the birds were most likely to respond to, ... Honeyguides start guiding humans as soon as they begin to fly, ...

The GPS timeline shows how the bird was, for a while, in the eye of the storm, but then ended up flying in larger loops outside of it. It also had a delayed departure time, which scientists note ...

GPS Shows Brave Bird Flying 700-Mile Sky-High on a Typhoon for 11 Hours Researchers found that severe weather events fueled by climate change are putting birds at risk.

The birds are kept in aviaries at times to ensure they are fit for migration and that they don’t head off in a random direction of their own accord. Credit: Baekemm, CC BY-SA 4.0 In 2002, an ...

For instance, long-beaked wading birds known as great snipes have been clocked flying 23,000 feet above Earth’s surface. But scientists can’t say why the animals climb to such extreme heights.

The young birds can sit there for days, peering down, until they finally dare to try and fly." It's a significant drop, often 10-20 metres [33-66ft]. "So they'd better flap their wings." ...

A young bar-tailed godwit — a member of the sandpiper family — may have set a new flight distance record by flying non-stop from Alaska to Tasmania. Here are details about the bird.

Many migratory birds use Earth’s magnetic field as a compass, but some can also use information from that field to determine more or less where they are on a mental map.

Early this month, all 36 birds arrived in Andalusia—though only 10 managed to fly the entire way themselves. The remaining 26 were transported for the final leg of the trip.

A bird has flown non-stop, apparently, from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania, and now this young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds.