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

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.

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, ...

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.

Every year, billions of birds migrate in and out of the United States. And across the world, birds fly thousands of miles to reach their seasonal destinations. Some birds, like the Arctic tern ( ...

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 ...

Highest Flying Bird Found; Can Scale Himalaya. ... In 2009, Hawkes and an international team of researchers tagged 25 bar-headed geese in India with GPS transmitters.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.