According to bird experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, much about bird flying is dependent on the species, season, and what else the bird is doing. Songbirds that feed on insects vary in the elevation ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Ten months without touching the ground sounds made up. Like one of those nature facts you assume got exaggerated somewhere ...

Flight is truly remarkable, no matter which way you look at it. And while it seems easy enough for the tiniest insects to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in ...

As millions of migratory birds pass through Chicago each spring, volunteers race to rescue injured birds and document deadly ...

When wood thrushes arrive in northern Mississippi on their spring migration and begin to serenade my neighborhood with their ethereal, harmonized song, it’s one of the great joys of the season. It’s ...

While most Michigan residents are sleeping Friday night, May 8, millions of birds will be flying over the state as part of their spring migration.