12 July 2023
A pair of common redstarts and a pair of black redstarts were seen brooding in the same nest in Italy – a kind of cooperative breeding that has never been documented before
11 July 2023
Magpies and crows have been seen making nests using spikes placed on buildings to deter birds from nesting
4 July 2023
Location trackers show migratory seabirds spend much of their time looking for food near ocean garbage patches, highlighting the need for action on pollution
17 June 2023
Neural recordings from chickadees have found unique patterns of activity that occur when they hide food and then retrieve it later, and they may represent how memories are indexed in the brain
19 May 2023
The last accepted sighting of the South Island kōkako was in 1967, and it was declared extinct in 2007 – but a potential sighting that same year led to its reclassification, and a charitable trust set up to find it has been searching for the bird ever...
4 May 2023
Black irises have been spotted in gannets that test positive for bird flu antibodies, suggesting they are an indicator that the seabirds have survived an infection with the virus
26 April 2023
A recent outbreak of avian flu has killed 7 per cent of the wild population of California condors, and officials are bracing for the virus’ spread
15 April 2023
The songs that Australian zebra finches hear before they have hatched influence which birds they choose as singing instructors when growing up
11 April 2023
High-resolution imagery has revealed that sandgrouse have tightly coiled filaments in their feathers that unfurl when wet, allowing them to trap water like a sponge for transport
6 April 2023
The kakapo, a flightless parrot, only survives on a few predator-free islands in New Zealand – but preserved faeces could inform the search for new habitats
