Migratory birds such as the pied flycatcher typically have wintering locations in Africa close to others from the same breeding population. That means that birds breeding in the Netherlands run into ...

A European research team has uncovered how pied flycatchers, small migratory birds weighing just 12 grams, travel between ...

The European robin's closest relatives are found in tropical Africa. The European robin is therefore not closely related to the Japanese robin, despite their close similarity in appearance. This is ...

Just how new species are established is still one of the most central questions in biology. Biologists now describe how they mapped the genomes of the European pied flycatcher and the collared ...

People are the best option to capture black flies that cause the incurable disease of river blindness Every Monday and Tuesday morning, Bosede Oluwaokere, 48, wakes up at home in Ilorin city in west ...

Do birds change their tune in response to urban noise? It depends on the bird species, according to new research. Their work shows that while some birds do adapt their songs in noisy conditions by ...

Most of us can identify a male cardinal. Our eyes quickly note the red color and the crest. Besides, cardinals hang around the feeder and rarely try to hide. A group of birds called flycatchers is a ...

A pair of scissor-tailed flycatchers takes up residence every spring at the same spot along a road near my college in northern Harris County. Migratory songbirds claiming nesting territory at an exact ...