Blue-green algae is known to emit toxins which can cause skin irritation in humans, or stomach upsets if a lot of affected ...

For years, crowds have been drawn to Chapman Elementary in northwest Portland every September to watch the incredible aerial ...

Familiar feathered faces such as the flamingo and roseate spoonbill will be among the dozens of original Audubon prints at ...

When a flock of crows began antagonizing an owl in my neighborhood, we could hear the commotion from blocks away. It was late ...

When Nicholas Mascarenas recently walked out of his uncle's room at Presbyterian Hospital, he thought a bird flew over his head. "I asked a nurse traveling in the opposite direction (if) she saw the ...

In "Murmuring Minds," DRIFT utilizes swarming patterns to create an interactive installation that responds to human movement.

More and more dairy cow herds are becoming infected with the H5N1 bird flu, with documented cases of the flu being ...

A huge anchovy invasion in Santa Cruz is leading to a feeding frenzy for sea life but also raising concern among harbor leaders that it could lead to a huge, messy fish die-off.

American snouts are drab brown butterflies about an inch and a half long. An appendage, called a labial palpi, extends from ...

It’s the time of year when thousands of small birds called Vaux’s Swifts swarm around a defunct chimney on the University of ...

Researchers have created nanoscale robots – each about a twentieth of the size of a red blood cell – that can be remotely guided as a swarm. It is hoped they could enable precise, low-risk ...

A small flock of people, here to witness a much bigger flock of birds. Every September, in Monroe -- what may be the largest gathering of Vaux's Swifts in North America swarms into this chimney at ...