“You don’t see it as much when they are perched,” Neil says, “but that rose patch is really noticeable in flight.” Young birds still show a distinct long bifurcated split tail, although it’s not as ...

It’s now widely accepted that birds evolved from dinosaurs, but imagine telling that to a 19th-century fossil collector.

The calliope hummingbird, North America's smallest bird, migrates through Utah each summer. A banding event on July 19 at Red ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

After being declared "unreleasable" in 2023, Phantom's wild spirit and remarkable recovery convinced caretakers to fight for ...

Jungles and grasslands are the logical destinations, and towns and farmland the labyrinths that people have imposed between ...

July 9, 2025) – Summer is underway, meaning young at-risk Loggerhead Shrikes are out taking their first flights across the ...

Great Black-backed Gull . The plumage of juvenile and immature great black-backed gulls initially has a complex pattern of ...

The great-tailed grackle is distinguished from its close cousin the common grackle by its larger body, and the male has a long, keel-shaped tail.

Mitchell Lake, once a sewage facility on San Antonio’s South Side, has evolved into a thriving 1,200-acre wildlife refuge ...

The natural marvels, which do everything from enabling acrobatic flight to insulating against Antarctic cold, continue to ...

This video shows hundreds of thousands of purple martins swarming throughout downtown Nashville, Tennessee, last summer. Each ...