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Big game attracts many hunters to the West, but the region is also home to some of the country’s best upland bird hunting.

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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 ...

Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals. Unlike previous outbreaks, aggressive culling ...

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Documentary maker Ken Burns doesn’t think today’s polarized politics are anything new, especially for a country that, as he sees it, already had two civil wars — the American Revolution of 1776 and ...

New data from personal finance company WalletHub shows the most and least overweight states in America, based on an evaluation of key measures like obesity prevalence, diet and fitness levels. The ...

In the animal kingdom, bird beaks are like Swiss Army knives—versatile tools adapted to suit each bird’s unique needs. But sometimes, evolution takes a wildly unexpected turn, resulting in beaks that ...