Scientists find genetic advantages for birds in straying from the nest. April 14, 2013— -- Here's the warm and fuzzy part of this column: most birds really do mate for life. But here's the cold ...

Birds have a reputation for mating for life — and for some species, that's true. Others, though, are much more like humans when it comes to romance: some looking for stable relationships, and others ...

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Meet the Picathartes, a bird species that resides in the Congo and has done such for more than 44 million years. These birds mate for life, and in order for their relationship to work, both the male ...

Back in July my wife and I observed a downy woodpecker feeding another downy woodpecker, like it was feeding a chick, but both birds were adults. We assumed that this was some kind of mating ritual.

The mating season for birds of all shapes and sizes is in full swing as spring unfolds in Central New York. Though some birds still haven't returned yet from the south, there's plenty that have and ...

Walnut the white-naped crane isn’t like all the other girls. She and Chris Crowe, her beloved zookeeper with the avian-inspired name (we really can’t make this up!) have been domestic partners for 14 ...

CONTRARY to the title of his book, Charles Darwin's account of “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” was not as definitive as it might have been. Species are usually defined as groups ...