Fat Endangered Parrots Finally Boning
It’s been the summer of love for kakapo parrots in New Zealand. Some of the most endangered birds on the planet spent…
Rare Bird Chicks From Ancient Lineage Hatched in Australian Zoo
In the northern plains of southeastern Australia, bird enthusiasts can spot a chubby little guy with brown feathers and…
Ancient Bird Fossil Includes Evidence of an Unlaid Egg
Paleontologists in China have detected traces of an unlaid egg in a 110-million-year-old bird fossil from the…
Hot Jafar's Parrot Iago Will Be Voiced by the Impossibly Busy Alan Tudyk
After early reports that Jafar’s mischievous bird companion Iago was not going to be part of Disney’s upcoming…
This Man Traveled 10,000 Miles to See America's Trash Birds—and Loved Every Minute of It
20-year-old Tasmanian George Vaughan had three main goals for his trip to the United States last month: see a…
Cartoonishly Well-Preserved Fossil Is the Earliest Bird of Its Kind
A 52-million-year-old fossil found in Wyoming is now the earliest known seed-eating perching bird in the scientific…
Lead Exposure Could Be Making Mockingbirds More Aggressive
You may be familiar with the aggressive behavior of the northern mockingbird, found throughout most of the United…
The 20-Year Quest to Track Down Every Bird-of-Paradise Species Before They Vanish
Edwin Scholes has taken dozens of bush plane flights, helicopters and boat trips, and spent countless hours hauling…
The Worst Pain in the World, Bendable Phones, and Joshua Tree: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Ten hut, Gizmodo readers! Do you have a New Year’s Resolution you should be working on? Do not answer that rhetorical…
Deadly Bird Battles May Be Another Weird Consequence of Climate Change
Climate change seems to be leading to more fatal conflict between a pair of bird species, according to a new study. The…
Scientists Have a Plan to Turn Seabirds Into Tiny Ocean Science Labs
In the future, cyborg birds may help monitor ocean currents and help ground-truth satellite data. It may sound like an…
Some Hummingbird Beaks Are Better Suited for Combat Than Nectar Feeding
With their elongated bills and specially adapted tongues, hummingbirds are built to extract nectar from flowers. As new…
We Need a New Christmas Bird
Since taking up birding in earnest, I’ve started noticing the birds that appear on Christmas merchandise like…
The Northern Cardinal Is Actually Multiple Species, Evidence Suggests
New scientific results have strengthened the case that the ubiquitous northern cardinal could be two species of bird or…
World's Oldest Wild Bird Just Laid Another Dang Egg
The world’s oldest wild bird, Wisdom the Laysan albatross, has once again returned to her breeding grounds, and she has…
DNA Testing Reveals Baffling Bird Is Three Species in One
A Pennsylvania birder spotted the bird of a lifetime in his backyard this past spring—it was a hybrid of three species…
Stop Feeding the Hot Duck
Hot Duck mania has gripped the internet. It’s sent birding twitter atwittering, and the New York City news media seems…
How a Tiny Flightless Bird Ended Up on an Island in the Middle of the Ocean
An island half the size of Manhattan in the south Atlantic Ocean is so isolated, it’s called Inaccessible Island. On…
Why Do Birds Have Colorful Eggs? Because They're Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs laid colorful eggs. Birds lay colorful eggs. You do the math.
Spooky Shrieking Bird Looks and Sounds Like Something Out of a Horror Movie
You walk alone through a foggy forest with nothing but your day bag and binoculars. Birds and insects call quietly as…