Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

What is a cool bird? Cool types of birds can be beautiful birds, uncommon birds, or even the weirdest birds. Of course, what ...

If you’d like to attract wild birds to your yard, putting out a bird feeder is a great start. But to successfully draw in a variety of birds, you’ll need to do more than throw ...

WWF works to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and wildlife, collaborating with partners from local to ...

A new study shows that one group of Galápagos yellow warblers responds to intruders more aggressively than others. It adds ...

The black birds blend in with the darkness of their cavernous homes, but their bright red feet and bright red throats are unmistakable. Sometimes, you’ll see them right when you get off the ferry.

We’re all used to seeing birds like pigeons on city roads, parrots that talk, or eagles flying high in the sky. But the bird world is much more surprising than it seems. Across the world, from ...

Birds are some of nature’s most awe-inspiring creatures, each adapted beautifully for a life in the skies. While we often associate birds with grace and agility, certain avian species challenge our ...

Seattle Times reporter Lynda V. Mapes, in an effort to learn more about our forests, overcame her fear and climbed a 200-foot Douglas fir in Oregon.

Today we meet the northern jacana, a little water bird with huge feet and an interesting sex life. The northern jacana (Jacana spinosa) is known as the cirujano, mulita, or gallito de agua in Spanish.

Nests are usually placed on a horizontal conifer branch less than 10 feet above the ground, which makes sense, given the careless, rickety appearance of their design.