For more than 40 years, migrating birds have been crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center. The glassy, low-lying ...

Although every species on the planet somehow plays a role in maintaining the ecosystem, there are some species whose absence ...

Edward Hurme was puzzled. Every year, billions of bats migrate vast distances, guided by environmental cues like wind and ...

The researchers discovered that bats exploit storm fronts to maximize their energy efficiency during migration.

When it comes to flying long distances, bats need to overcome physics that forces the rest of us mammals right back down to ...

Their small size and blazing metabolism mean they live life on a knife-edge, sometimes needing to shut down their bodies ...

What a treat to view her phone-recorded encounter with this loud, massive air-to-ground adventure. Her enthusiasm was a reminder of the awe that attends some of nature’s grandest scenes. Though ...

They are gregarious by nature and form flocks, often with other small wading birds such as Ringed Plovers, Dunlins and ...

Cook would drive west to San Francisco, where he and his wife, Donna, lived the other half of the year. Come April, he’d return, as would the birds. “I like being back here with the eagles,” he said.

Scientists used ultra-light sensors connected “like cell phones” across Europe to study how bats migrate over the continent. Birds may dominate the skies when it comes to long-distance travel, but ...

While birds are often recognised as the primary long-haul fliers, certain bat species also undertake impressive migrations, ...