Birds that dive underwater — such as penguins, loons and grebes — may be more likely to go extinct than their nondiving kin, a new study finds. Many water birds have evolved highly specialized bodies ...

Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving birds, according to a new study. The authors suggest this is because they are highly specialized and ...

Falcons are known to be fast and powerful predatory birds. However, the peregrine falcon stands in a class by itself. The peregrine falcon is so fast that scientists had to create a computer model to ...

Picture this: It’s a lovely spring or summer day, and you’re on a walk in the park. Blue skies and puffy clouds hang overhead, sunshine and warmth have greened up the grass, and melodic birdsong ...

It was a tense 3 1/2-hour car ride for Cyndi Routledge, who was chasing down a creature never seen before in Tennessee. Routledge, secretary of the Tennessee Ornithological Society, had gone on drives ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - If you’ve been training for the Bix along the riverfront or been there for any reason, you may have spotted red-winged blackbirds swoop down at unsuspecting pedestrians. The ...

DENVER -- Exercising is hard enough, but now, people near Denver have to deal with another obstacle: a dive-bombing bird who likes to swoop down and attack joggers, walkers and runners who pass by.

Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving birds, according to a new study by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. The ...