When driving along South Carolina’s coastal waterways, wetlands and estuaries, you may find yourself spotting a small, strange-looking bird with a long, curved beak. Those little birds are white ibis.

ORLANDO,Fla. – Across Florida’s wetlands, in Native American folklore, and probably your yard, the white ibis has earned the nickname “hurricane bird.” A ...

Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that the ...

NEW YORK — The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way. That's what ...

Their position and the timing of wing flaps allows them to use energy efficiently Sensors attached to a flock of ibises allowed researchers to reach conclusion Research helps confirm theories ...

Birds benefit from flocking together -- even when they're not of a feather. According to a new study, China's endangered crested ibises benefit from joining forces with other, more visually-oriented ...

How do you teach a bird how, and where, to fly? The distinctive Northern Bald Ibis, hunted essentially to extinction by the 17th century, was revived by breeding and rewilding efforts over the last ...

Crested ibises are seen at the Chimelong Birds Park in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 26, 2019. A total of 150 crested ibises, a bird once thought to be extinct, have been bred in ...

January 2014 saw the launch of one of Europe’s largest species conservation projects. The project’s aim is to reintroduce the northern bald ibis, a species of migratory bird, to Europe by the year ...

Glossy ibis are birds I never expect to see around here - they look like they should be hanging out in the tropics, wading through some Amazonian mudflats with their long spindly legs or swooping over ...

DNA analysis of the preserved birds found in many catacombs undercuts the explanation that there were large-scale ibis breeding farms. By Cara Giaimo The ancient Egyptians left us with plenty of head ...

Ancient Egyptians paid special attention to the organs of their dead, embalming them so they would continue to function in the afterlife. Now it seems they did the same for sacrificed ibis birds, and ...