It’s not just the hiking trail where you need to worry about ticks. These arthropods are now a problem in major cities—and ...

Despite its tiny stature, the smallest bird native to North America can survive cold nights in the Rocky Mountains, and some ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped on top of a tee box to survey its surroundings. I quickly focused my ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, ...

These people may have been inspired by animals they observed in nature, where there are many birds with mohawks that rival ...

Peachtree Rock has recently spotted the first red-cockaded woodpecker in Lexington County after going decades without any ...

Taylor, best known for her work in the indie film world, shares her love of the avian world in her new book, “Turning to ...

Record numbers of a rare bird that is a protected species have been killed or “gone missing under suspicious circumstances” in the last ...

Costa Rica’s bare-necked umbrellabird and mangrove hummingbird face extinction, study warns. Learn about the threats and ...

Second, you need to make sure you’re looking at a Common Loon and not another possible loon species. Red-throated and, on the West Coast, Pacific Loons also winter near Common Loons, as well as rarer ...

In late June and early July, groups of yellow-crowned night herons will begin to leave their New Orleans nests. First they ...