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About Birds Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings.
Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) and are the only animals with feathers. Although all birds have wings, a few species can't fly.
New research estimates there are between 50 billion and 430 billion birds on Earth.
Yes, there are more birds singing at this time of year. But their symphony is also louder and more energetic than ever—and experts have theories why.
On both continents, the commonest birds have suffered some of the greatest losses. Starlings illustrate the stakes of this decline.
Spending time in nature is important for your mental health. But studies show that even just listening to birds singing can ease symptoms of anxiety and depression.
Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off fire ants.
Looking across the assortment of birds featured here, you’ll notice that each species is vastly different from the others, either in color, shape, or feather arrangement.
Right now, billions of birds are winging their way south as part of the annual winter migration—an event so enormous in scope and scale, it’s hard for humans to fully comprehend.
Learn about the dozens of species called birds of paradise. Discover the dramatic, brightly colored plumage that sets them apart from their peers.
