One morning, as I am walking down the hill toward the marshy area on my road listening to the wonderful, behind-the-scenes chorus of the resident warblers — chestnut-sided, redstart, yellow, ...

If you've ever belly-flopped into a pool, then you know: water can be surprisingly hard if you hit it at the wrong angle. But many species of kingfishers dive headfirst into water to catch their fishy ...

There are many different species of kingfisher, and those that eat fish hunt by repeatedly diving head-first into the water when they spot tasty prey without suffering brain injuries like concussions.

‘Test flights’ using replica transmitters will help scientists select the best option for siheks Jennifer Zoon The countdown to the Guam kingfisher’s reintroduction to the wild has begun. Before these ...

A newly hatched Guam kingfisher chick at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia. The chick hatched April 22. Guam kingfishers are extinct in the wild and only about ...

Some rare birds living in cages on the second floor of Tropic World at Brookfield Zoo Chicago are never seen by the public. However, those birds have a starring role in a project that aims to one day ...

In the bird world, the kingfisher is proof that it is possible to be conspicuous without being common. The kingfisher is big, bright and boisterous, and this combination makes it pretty much ...