A video clip showing a flock of birds flying over a motorway was not filmed moments before deadly earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6. The clip was filmed in low light from a vehicle and ...

A clip dating to at least as far back as 2017 showing hundreds of birds flying above a motorway was not filmed in Kyiv, Ukraine, in January 2023. One individual shared the clip filmed from a vehicle ...

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 ...

Remember when you were a kid and you looked up at the sky to see dozens of geese soaring overhead in a V shape? "Why do they do that?" you probably wondered. Seeing birds — from geese to pelicans and ...

In the animal kingdom, flying is already a marvel. But imagine a bird that can not only hover in place but also fly backwards—and do it for hours without tiring. Sounds like something out of a ...

Every autumn, billions of birds leave their breeding areas when the temperature drops and food gets scarce to spend the winter in more favorable climes, returning the following spring when warm ...

There exists a strange and unnerving phenomenon that one of our news producers experienced this morning, that feels like it could be an omen for... something. He awoke to the sound of banging from ...

Bird migration is ramping up in Michigan, indicating the changing seasons and giving birders a chance to see hundreds of species before winter. Millions of birds are winging their way south across the ...