For the second year in a row, a record number of migrating birds were killed by flying headfirst into the Big Apple’s glassy and nearly invisible skyline. At least 1,250 warblers, flickers and more ...

Just about anywhere you look, there are birds. Penguins live in Antarctica, ptarmigan in the Arctic Circle. Rüppell’s vultures soar higher than Mt. Everest. Emperor penguins dive deeper than 1,800 ...

Rich data on the global state of our feathered friends presents plenty of bad news—but also some bright spots. Researchers know better than ever how to help them. By Emily Sohn/Knowable Magazine ...

We now know more about the threats affecting birds than ever before. The latest update to the State of the World’s Birds report reveals that almost all birds have now been given a conservation status, ...

According to BioDB, the following ten countries host the highest number of bird species in the world.