Image via Getty Images No, that's not a weather pattern. It's a flock of bird moving in a strange way. In Wyoming, residents ...

Red backed shrikes migrate using a fixed schedule, flying in stages with little variation, showing that genetics guide bird migration.

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most bird species don’t fly above a few thousand feet in ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind.