The physics community is embarking on one of the most ambitious science experiments in recent U.S. history. And Los Alamos National Laboratory is playing an important role.

Spring migration is a wonderful time of the year. This year was no exception. Hummingbirds, warblers, grosbeaks, orioles and tanagers descended upon Santa Fe and surro…

Mockinbirds mimic not only other birds but also insects, frogs, dogs, cats and occasionally a car horn.

By Prashant Sharan

We won’t find solutions to pressing global problems if we don’t ask the right questions.

This past summer, a dozen high school and college students watched raging wildfires torch their way across mountainous terrain, with plumes of smoke drifting downwind from the blaze.

When severe weather impacts wild food supplies, many species of birds will turn to bird feeders as a critical source of food. 

LANL research supports vaccine design, rapid diagnostic test design and epidemiology for a range of viruses

Pine siskins are residents of New Mexico during all seasons and often forage with goldfinches.

Wildlife and humans sometimes rub elbows, and, unfortunately, the encounters aren’t always harmonious.

While they don’t eat birdseed, you can attract them by providing raisins, grapes and even grape jelly in an open tray feeder.

Enjoy the awe-inspiring natural phenomenon of fall bird migration.

LANL scientists contribute to the battle against fungal threats.

The key to grasping that there was a breeding operation comes from a scanning electron microscope at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

The New Mexico population is limited to scattered riparian and desert shrub locations in the south and east.

These birds can stay aloft for hours without flapping their wings.

Climate change is bringing tropical, mosquito-borne diseases farther north, but new computer tools could limit outbreak severity

Computer models deepen our understanding of complex and vital physical systems.

The beautiful and acrobatic Ash-throated Flycatchers have a pale lemon colored belly, a cinnamon tail with dark tips, grey wing bars and small, brown, narrow beaks.

The birds have narrow heads and long, slender bills and are at home in gardens and residential areas.

New technologies are coming to unlock the enormous potential of clean, ‘always-on’ geothermal energy while leveraging the existing oil and gas workforce

Nuthatches get their name from their habit of jamming nuts and seeds into bark crevices and then whacking them with their bills to “hatch” out the seed.

Project explores how the soil microbiome changes near plant roots

Birds at our backyard feeding stations eat ravenously first thing in the morning and just before dusk.

Approach borrowed from biofuels technology filters beer more safely and quietly than high-speed centrifuges, with much less waste.

We were sitting outside on a cool fall evening enjoying the beautiful night sky when we heard a series of short, whistled notes that accelerated at the end. Looking at…

Keeping the lights on requires advanced mathematical approaches to support a smarter, more resilient power grid

Onboard Curiosity is an instrument co-developed by LANL that uses lasers to measure the chemical content of the rocks.

A purple, glowing radioisotope called actinium-225 has produced confidence-inspiring results in treating prostate cancer.

The Rufous makes one of the longest migratory journeys of any bird species as measured by body size, travelling roughly 3,000 miles one-way from Mexico to Alaska.

New miniaturized instruments developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory will help detect pollutant gas sources, from power plants to volcanoes.

The long-awaited monsoon has started. May it bring relief to the major drought we have been experiencing here in New Mexico.

Recent advances in remote sensing and modeling have opened the door to taking a deeper look at how the physical makeup of various plants species interacts with fire.

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory will examine the results of NASA missions to 16 Psyche and Dimorphos in 2022.

Ravens have cognitive ability on par with chimps.

AI accelerates research into Earth-friendly materials that soak up CO2 and break the dependence on fossil feedstocks for everyday products

The beautiful bird has large, blurry, round spotting on his upper breast, long tail feathers, orangish eyes and a distinctive down-curved bill.

The recent snowstorm and frigid temperatures have brought in large numbers of dark-eyed juncos to my ground feeding area. It’s easy to understand why they are called “…

These beetles commonly carry spores of fungus that will infect trees and could disrupt their water transportation systems.

These permanent residents are very sociable, and groups will roost huddled together on cold, New Mexico winter nights. 

A new mathematical application provides a more complete picture of our changing world by drawing on data from several kinds of sensors.

They alter weather, drive fire behavior, and inject smoke high into the stratosphere

Each fall nighthawks form large flocks, ranging in size from dozens to hundreds or even thousands, as they migrate south for the winter.

When the earth shakes anywhere in the world, scientists are keenly interested in what happened. Was it an earthquake? A chemical explosion? A collapsing mine? Or, was …