Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most birds fly at low altitudes, relatively speaking. But ...

Many migratory birds die each year flying into the blades of our wind farms. Weather radar data is showing us how we can be nicer to our skyfaring friends. Norway is sacred ground for nature lovers.

Seabirds are flying thousands of miles into the arid desert, circling massive solar plants as if they’ve mistaken the ...

The dark, smudgy streaks on Xavi Bou's photographs suggest the jerky ink tracks created by a malfunctioning printer, but they actually record the various patterns birds trace while flying in flocks.

Wind turbines were invented to produce energy in an eco-friendly way. However, there are cases where wind turbines pose dangers to birds. Scientists have worked for decades to come up with a solution ...

Wind turbines rarely stay unnoticed in open landscapes. They move constantly, casting shifting shadows across fields and coastlines, and occupy the same airspace as migratory birds. For years, most ...

On a New Mexico college campus, there’s a large field that many birds fly over. Lately, some of those birds have been dead. Mostafa Hassanalian, an engineering professor at the New Mexico Institute of ...

A bird has flown non-stop, apparently, from Alaska to the Australian state of Tasmania. And now this young bar-tailed godwit — a member of the sandpiper family — appears to have set a non-stop ...