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

This past October, nature enthusiast Dyane Oliva was tending to her garden in Coral Springs, Florida, when she noticed a ...

You’re outside when suddenly you hear an unfamiliar chirp. Looking around, you wonder, “Is it a squirrel?” “Is it a bat?” And ...

A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...

But bird tool use goes far beyond corvids. For instance, green herons use twigs, feathers, insects, or even bread to bait fish. The heron tosses its chosen lure onto the surface of a pond and, as soon ...

A 30-year "snapshot study" of birds in the Pacific Northwest is showing their surprising resilience in the face of climate ...

Bird banding at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in South Wellfleet is delicate work, more like jewelry repair ...

The giant garter snake is now California’s official state snake. Discover its unique traits and habitat challenges.

This native shrub has beautiful flowers, stunning foliage, and delicious berries. Birds not only visit for the fruit but also for the bugs and nesting material.

While this may look like the bird is sick, a cardinal missing head feathers is typically not a cause for concern. When you think of a cardinal, the image that pops into your head is probably of a ...

I’m a neighborhood birder at heart. Now don’t get me wrong, I also love waking up before dawn to drive hours to a birding hotspot so I can add a new bird to my life list. But there’s just something ...

Watching birds offers a variety of benefits to the watcher. The activity offers solace and therapy, hope and optimism. There’s just something about our feathered friends that can be therapeutic and ...