The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular ...

Although the state bird of Illinois is the northern cardinal, in the 1800s it might have been the greater prairie chicken. The grouse or boomer, as it was known back then, was once the most numerous ...

Prairie dogs are the Paul Reveres of the Great Plains: They bark to alert neighbors to the presence of predators, with separate calls ...