Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Migratory birds are some of nature’s most efficient ...

Swifts practically live in the sky. These birds skip land for nearly a year, doing everything midair, from eating to sleeping. They travel thousands of miles without ever stopping to perch. Scientists ...

Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found that when birds evolve ...

Just when you think nature couldn’t possibly surprise you anymore, it does. Among the many remarkable creatures that fill our skies, one bird has achieved something so extraordinary it almost sounds ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Frigatebirds can remain airborne for days at a time without ...

Millions of birds are expected to take flight across the U.S. Saturday night, Sept. 6, as part of their fall migration, according to a nonprofit that tracks bird migrations, although numbers in ...

Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out. Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do ...

As rising global temperatures alter ecosystems worldwide, animal species usually have two choices: adapt to changing local conditions or flee to a cooler climate. Ecologists have long assumed that the ...