Claim to fame: Thanks to the abundance of barns, old silos, bridges and other human-built structures, barn swallows have become frequent sights in Missouri and elsewhere across much of the United ...

1. In many parts of the world, changes in agricultural land-use have led to significant declines of bird species, including aerial insectivores such as barn swallows. In particular, barn swallow ...

Some birds have taken to humans to an extent we never could have imagined. Three species found at San Angelo now nest in much or all of their range primarily on or in human constructs — buildings, ...

The Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) is one of eight species of the swallow family that inhabits the state of Texas, and is the only one of its genus. This particular species is an extremely common bird ...

Different hypotheses stress the importance of natural or sexual selection to explain the evolution and maintenance of long outermost tail feathers in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). Since energy ...

Avani Fachon, a CU undergraduate with a major in ecology and evolutionary biology and a minor in media production, has created an honors thesis project as a multimedia, interactive website titled ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder—even if that beholder is a barn swallow. Depending on where the birds live, some of them may favor mates with a paler chest color while others find a redder chest ...

Many animals are territorial during the breeding season. The defense of a particular territory is often dynamic, leading to a pattern of territory switching during, or between, successive breeding ...

Mosquitoes are among the most irritating pests. In addition to their annoying bites, which can leave you very itchy, some are also vectors for deadly viruses. Fortunately, many birds eat mosquitoes, ...

Marking a sure sign of spring, the birding organisation BirdLife Finland has reported the first barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) sighting of the year in Helsinki. The last time the bird was seen this ...