A new study out of Oklahoma seems to suggest that the cliff swallows there are adapting to their modified environments in an interesting way. Researchers found their wings may be getting shorter to ...

ALONG BOULDER LAKE — Halle Lambeau had to duck just a bit when an adult tree swallow sprung for its next box and flew off, rattled by Lambeau’s effort to look inside the box for eggs. “You now have a ...

MIFFLIN TWP. – With each clank of a metal tool, Victoria Roper drove a steel rod deeper into icy ground. “You’ve got to really want it,” said Roper, who this winter has been pounding in supports for ...

The cliff swallow, an aerial insectivore that keeps down the bugs around here, also has some flight tricks to teach developers of guided missile systems.According to the Charlotte (North Carolina) ...

Cars and trucks thundering down the road in southwestern Nebraska stand a much lower chance today of smacking a cliff swallow than they did in the 1980s, according to a new study that suggests the ...

TEMPE, Ariz. – In the world of birds, where fancy can be as fleeting as flight, the color of the bird apparently has a profound effect on more than just its image. A new study of barn swallows reveals ...

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A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has shown the testosterone of male North American barn swallows skyrocketed early in the breeding season when their breast colors were ...

They sing gently outside our windows, these soaring symbols of nature’s grace. But sometimes birds’ behavior is more consistent with a war movie than a Disney film. A new UNC Chapel Hill study ...