The scientific study of birds is called ornithology. It is a specialized zoological discipline, which deals with the physiology, classification and ecology of bird species. What is the study of birds?

An online sensation, Iris the osprey has captured hearts as viewers remain glued to her nest camera. Here's why you should be ...

A new paper in Ornithological Applications reviews multiple ways in which the field of ornithology systemically excludes researchers and research from Latin America and the Caribbean, despite this ...

This Saturday, May 9, is birding's biggest day. It is called Global Big Day, an annual 24-hour event in which thousands of people around the world help crowdsource sightings of birds for the Cornell ...

TRUE BIRDWATCHERS LIVE for a glimpse of the living dinosaurs that chirp, flit and fly among us every day. Rarely do they get to observe their quarry up close, peering through tangled branches to ...

Lined with endless rows of white cabinets, Harvard’s Ornithology Collection is imposing — even mausoleum-like — upon first glance; it’s only after opening the drawers that the true colors of the ...

We asked listeners to record sounds of backyard wildlife and invited the experts at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to identify them. Today's mystery sound comes from a listener in Boone County, Mo.

Ben Sheldon relishes a study of the broad-ranging impact of ornithology on modern biology. The study of wild birds has had a disproportionate impact on the birth and evolution of several branches of ...