Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. White storks, typically solitary except during migration, ...

"The mild climate and the fact that winters have become warmer in recent years due to global climate change allow the storks ...

Storks undertake long, arduous migrations every winter, meaning only the fittest can survive. This means resources are often best shared among those who benefit the most from them. High in the ...

A new genomic study of the endangered Oriental Stork reveals that the population's genetic health is still surprisingly strong, with high genetic diversity and low levels of inbreeding. This is an ...

A stork is proving that long-distance relationships can work. Klepetan, a South African male stork, flies over 8000 miles each year to spend time with his avian lady love. As far as those involved ...

A stork nest with tagged juveniles in Tunisia. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Jan. 22, 2016, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by A. Flack at Max Planck Institute ...