When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Birds have an arsenal of senses they use to orient themselves — some we're familiar with, and ...

Migration is an instinctual behavior for many animals, including birds. Each autumn, billions of birds flee the cold weather and head south for winter. This is primarily due to their need for ...

Golden autumn sunlight glints through the sedges and shrubs of the tundra in northern Alaska. Winter is approaching, and soon the region will be buried under snow and ice. For the past three months ...

Each year, as winter approaches, many bird species undertake an exhausting migration, sometimes hundreds or even thousands of miles long. Birds will fly south to find more temperate climates, which is ...

A flock of migrating birds in the sky above the sea. Seasonal migration of birds. Soft selective focus. SATURDAY, Oct. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As millions of birds migrate south for the winter, ...

Each year, birds set out on their annual spring migration, traveling to their summer feeding grounds. This time of year is when local birds that went south for the winter return, or when birds that ...

Twice a year, billions of birds travel hundreds of miles between their winter and summer homes, mostly at night, using the stars to navigate. In Northern Virginia alone, an estimated 100 to 160 ...

Iowans may feel like they are in an Alfred Hitchcock movie due to millions of birds migrating over the state during May. An influx of birds will be overhead as species start to migrate northward for ...

As surely as one season marches into the next, the natural world follows suit and prepares for the changes ahead. When spring arrives, tree leaves unfurl, shoots emerge from the ground, and migrating ...

Thousands of birds are expected to migrate over the Chicago area overnight, triggering a “Migration Alert” to help protect the flying travelers. According to BirdCast, a service powered by a variety ...

Dead birds along Florida's Space Coast spark fears of a possible avian flu outbreak. Samples were sent for testing as ...