Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Remember when you were a kid and you looked up at the sky to see dozens of geese soaring overhead in a V shape? "Why do they do that?" you probably wondered. Seeing birds — from geese to pelicans and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A record-breaking 1 billion birds were in flight over the eastern U.S. overnight on Oct. 8 according to a nonprofit group that ...

Those "storm" clusters showing up on your weather radar in the past week probably shouldn't worry you — because they're likely not storms at all. It’s a heck of a lot of birds. A few days ago, radar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indiana’s skies are a nighttime highway in the early weeks of May as millions of birds make the migratory passage north for their ...

Coloradans are being asked to dim their lights to aid millions of birds flying over the state each night amid the annual fall migration. Every year, billions of birds migrate north in the spring and ...

Millions of birds are flocking southward across Michigan each night amid their annual fall migration, and bird watchers can track their flight live. The BirdCast Migration Dashboard, a live migration ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...