
Birds - National Geographic Kids
Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates (vertebrates have backbones) and are the only animals with feathers. Although all birds have wings, a few species can't fly.
50 Birds, 50 States - National Geographic Kids
Barry the bald eagle soars from coast to coast to meet state birds and learn about their homes. Each episode is an animated rap music video focusing on the big cities, history, landmarks, …
Superb Birds - National Geographic Kids
Owls, ospreys, and more!Sea eagles have a pretty amazing way of fighting off intruders! Watch them whirl in this video.
How many birds are there in the world? | National Geographic
New research estimates there are between 50 billion and 430 billion birds on Earth.
New Bird of Paradise Species Confirmed in New Guinea
The team expects to find more birds of paradise species in New Guinea's biodiverse forests, which are so isolated and remote that human development has not encroached greatly on the …
Arctic tern, facts and photos | National Geographic
Courtship for these monogamous birds also takes place in flight. Their mating ritual begins with a “fish flight,” which is when a male Arctic tern swoops over a migratory camp carrying a fish ...
These birds form mesmerizing clouds in the sky. Scientists may …
Before descending to their nighttime roosts, the birds put on one of nature’s most spectacular displays.
Ostrich | National Geographic Kids
The ostrich is the tallest and the heaviest of all birds. While the huge ostrich is a bird, it does not fly. Instead it runs. One stride can cover up to 16 feet (4.9 meters)—about the length of a mid …
Why do birds sing so loudly in the morning in spring? It’s the …
Why is it a ‘dawn’ chorus? But why birds sing in the early morning is still “an open question,” says Mike Webster, an ornithologist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Eastern Bluebird - National Geographic Kids
Snakes, cats, black bears, raccoons, and other birds such as house sparrows hunt adult and baby eastern bluebirds. Eastern chipmunks and flying squirrels like to eat eastern bluebird eggs.