Tracking reveals albatross habits
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The latest tracking research from UK scientists may prove vital in protecting the endangered albatross.
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New software can identify individual whale sharks by analyzing individual patterns of spots and stripes on the fishâs skin.
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A Queens College biology student has been traveling to an island in New York Harbor to study the feeding habits of cormorants, which are prodigious vomiters.
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Seals track prey with them, rats sense  nearby objects with them and robots could soon be using  whiskers in a similar way to see in the dark and avoid  obstacles, researchers said on Wednesday.
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A leatherback turtle has been tracked swimming from the coast of the Papua province in Indonesia to Oregon, researchers said, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding sites.
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Moth antennae have gyroscope-like sensors to help them control their flight, scientists say.
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Archaeopteryx, the earliest known bird, used both its feathered forelimbs and hind limbs to glide from trees, according to a new analysis of fossils found in the 1800s.
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By RASHA MADKOUR  HOUSTON - In the neighborhood of astronaut Lisa Nowak, parents are now able to play catch with their kids on balmy evenings. Instead of the hum of satellite trucks, they can hear birds chirping at sunset.
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Introducing birdcinema.com, a YouTube for birdwatchers.
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In a modern update of "fish and chips," researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices.
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Scientist have always wondered how pigeons manage to be such good navigators and have a &#39;nose for the north&#39; and now a new study has suggested that it is because they have small magnetic particles in their beaks, which helps them detect different magnetic
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Birder Mathew Tekulsky reveals the effectiveness of a concealed location for viewing birds, as he describes the behavior of quail and jays in his yard.
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Homing pigeons use the Earth's magnetic field to navigate their way home over long distances, scientists claim.
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Deep in the bayous of eastern  Arkansas, two robotic video cameras keep vigil for an elusive  bird, aiming to capture conclusive evidence the ivory-billed  woodpecker is not, as long feared, extinct.
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Deep in the bayous of eastern Arkansas, two robotic video cameras keep vigil for an elusive bird, aiming to capture conclusive evidence the ivory-billed woodpecker is not, as long feared, extinct.
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The volunteers tote a butterfly net, binoculars and field guides around the Miami Metrozoo grounds, scanning the plants and flowers for fluttering wings. But they aren't searching for a rare species or collecting specimens for display &#151; they're counting butterflies for the Florida Butterfly Monitoring Network, then leaving the insects to continue their zigzagging flights through the humid air.
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Scientists will soon start attaching  microchips to fish and other marine animals to track their  movements around the world's oceans and learn how they are  being affected by phenomena such as climate change and  overfishing, experts said on Monday.