Learn how migratory birds travel vast distances, why flyways matter, and how conservation is helping protect them.

We have launched Global Flyways, a new digital film series, in collaboration with Content With Purpose, that brings together ...

World Migratory Bird Day 2026 highlights how birdwatchers help scientists track declining species and protect migratory birds ...

This video summarizes a new study that identifies 5 Central American forests as critical habitat for wintering migratory birds. Video via the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Central America is the winter ...

A massive flock of migratory birds was captured on video at the Yellow River estuary in eastern China’s Shandong province on December 5. The birds gathered into a dense mass of dark shapes, sweeping ...

Birdwatchers at the Yellow River estuary in eastern China witnessed thousands of migratory birds sweeping across the sky in a vast, synchronized murmuration. The rare display unfolded on December 7 ...

Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometers to reach Africa—and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new technology, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have been able to track the ...

Shorebirds face a wide range of threats, especially migratory species moving through diverse and often human-altered landscapes. With bird populations in steep decline globally, Bathrick’s research ...

Migratory birds embody some of the most intricate evolutionary adaptations in the animal kingdom, without which their journeys would be impossible. Here’s how the Pfeilstorch taught us this. In the ...

Between March and June, millions of migratory birds head north along the North American flyways. These skyward paths have been used for millennia. But as human-made structures have proliferated, birds ...