In just one night, more than a thousand migrating birds died after crashing into a single building in Chicago, due to what experts say was a deadly combination of migration season, difficult ...

Windows and glass buildings, particularly combined with the draw and disorientation of artificial light, kill a huge number of birds. And the problem is even worse than we thought.

Birds do not perceive clear panes of glass as obstacles but, rather, as empty space through which they can fly. Daytime is hazardous because windows sometimes reflect the sky or nearby trees ...

A University of Mississippi ornithologist and researcher is working to make the windows on campus safer for birds.

There’s also an ultraviolet version of glass to help steer the birds clear. It’s a little pricier but doesn’t hinder people’s views. Nichols is on a mission to get protective glass across ...

Most frequently, glass acts as a mirror, reflecting clear sky or habitat. There is no reason for a bird to slow down when there appears to be a welcoming tree or shrub ahead.

Willow Valley Communities said the company is “exploring” ways to make their 20-story, all-glass Willow Valley Mosaic apartment building in Lancaster city safe for birds.

Friends eating at a campus dining hall witnessed a Cooper’s hawk, confused that it had a clear path, collide full force into the building’s glass wall. The bird broke its wing, plunged to the ...

But birds continued to fatally crash into the McCormick Place Lakeside Center even during the daytime, she said, which highlights the extent to which large panels of clear glass can confuse the ...