You probably know a great blue heron when you see it, but what about the green heron or snowy egret? Learn to identify common ...

A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow waters. Across the United States, birds display incredible adaptations that ...

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his new book Carlyn Kranking - Associate Web Editor, Science A high-pitched, ...

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Every spring, the familiar songs of Wood Thrushes and warblers return to the parks and backyards of eastern North America. But their journey begins far to the south—in the lush, remote forests of ...

Migratory birds that fill North American forests with spring songs depend on Central America’s Five Great Forests far more ...