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 ...

The unmistakable V-formation geese adopt in flight is more than a cool aerial trick. The entire flock benefits from upward air flowing off the lead bird’s wings, whose fellow fliers then get to save ...

It’s a classic migration-season image: a flock of Canada geese flying across the sky, their progress marked by a chain of honks and steady wingbeats. Of birds that migrate for winter, most people ...

Dear Readers: I’ve seen a cornucopia of birds over the past week — mallards, Canada geese, bald eagles, even a few lingering American white pelicans — reminding me of this column which was originally ...

State and federal agencies partnered to launch a goose reduction program at Horicon Marsh starting in the mid-1960s. Its goal ...

Dear Readers: I don’t have a fresh column this week, but after seeing a northbound formation of geese fly over this weekend, I thought that this column from January 2014 would be an appropriate ...