Scientists must journey to remote islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, braving uncertain conditions, to reach the ...

The most surprising thing about North American ... to some parts of South America might see more than 30 kinds of tanager birds, displaying a brilliant rainbow of every color imaginable.

Black swifts, with their preference for nesting on steep, wet, cold rock faces, are among the most enigmatic birds in North America. JT Thomas On a hot, dry July evening, a dentist named Mike ...

These beautiful birds are North America's most common hawks. They are found all over the continent, in Central America, and in the West Indies. The first of these hawks to be scientifically ...

Often taken for granted, the brightly plumaged male summer tanager is one of the more spectacular breeding birds of North America ... from gray to pale horn in color. The head often shows a ...

These birds, North America's largest swallow species, travel up to 7,000 miles and play a crucial role in controlling insect populations. Purple martin populations have declined sharply in recent ...