Flying ferries may be solution to D.C. traffic, official says

Local officials are trying to renew conversations about commercial ferry service on the Anacostia and Potomac rivers.

A Flying Fish Takes to the Air. Can It Escape This Pelican?

A flying fish launches itself out of the ocean off the coast of Namibia, trading one predator for another. What the ...
Door County Pulse

DOOR TO NATURE: Autumn Bird Migration

CHARLOTTE LUKES charlottelukes70@gmail.com Birds have been flying south, migrating to warmer climates, for several months.
Campus Times

Birder’s Log: Spooky spotlight on the birds that rule the night

We have all heard the expression, “the early bird catches the worm.” I, as an “early bird” myself, wake up as soon as the sun ...
ZME Science

Flying Can Use Less Energy Than Swimming, and these Birds Have Been Doing It All Along

So you might be tempted to think that they use up comparable amounts of energy. You’d be very wrong. The swan spends around ...
ARLnow.com

More than 16 million birds have flown over Arlington so far this fall

More than 16 million birds have flown over Arlington under the cover of darkness so far this fall. That’s about 19% above the historical average for this point in the season, according to the ...

Flying Fish Escape Into the Air. But Are They Safe?

Flying fish can launch themselves out of the ocean at over 35 miles per hour to escape hungry predators below, but BBC Earth ...
greatergood

Exotic Pet Bird Flies Away From Home and Ends Up Stranded High in a Tree

That is exactly what happened in Fresno, California, when a local fire crew stepped in to help with what might be one of ...
Science Daily

Birds are more afraid of women than men. Scientists have no idea why

Scientists have uncovered a strange pattern in urban bird behavior: Across five European countries and 37 species, birds ...
Region Illawarra

Halloween may haunt bats and birds as webs pose risk

The combination of a severe flying fox starvation event and Halloween celebrations could be putting native wildlife at further ...
KPBS

'A really special region for birds': The Nat’s new curator on birding, collections and climate

Ryan Terrill joined the San Diego Natural History Museum as the new curator of ornithology, focusing on feathers and molt migration in the Southern California-Mexico region.
Daily Mail

They've been around for five million years and survived ice ages. But experts say up to 90% of Britain's favourite birds could be wiped out by 2050

Preacher, sea parrot, lundy, bottle nose, little friar, clown of the sea: you can tell how much humans love something by the nicknames we bestow on it.