The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has several tips to help ground-nesting birds during the mowing ...

Even among egg layers, there are some differences and varieties. Some animals mate before laying eggs, while in other species such as fish, males and females release gametes at the same time, and the ...

Loud but elusive, the great crested flycatcher challenges birders with its treetop nesting, dramatic calls and quirky habits ...

Saying things are about to change, attorneys for the state want a judge to delay deciding whether a rule by the Department of ...

North Hempstead officials are weighing a measure to hold people who feed pigeons responsible for violating the law.

John McLaughlin, TPWD’s quail leader until promoted upward says the Panhandle, Rolling Plains, and South Texas Plains have ...

Someone killed Henry the duck and Peep the chicken last week in their Portage Park backyard in an attack caught on surveillance video, the birds’ owner and police said.

The great eared nightjar, a mysterious “baby dragon” bird, defies nature by hunting silently at night and laying its eggs ...

My peanut butter feeder draws a nice assortment of visitors, including chickadees, nuthatches, siskins, juncos, a hairy ...

Have you ever heard mention of a rookery? Or colonial waterbirds? If you have, it wasprobably in association with large egret ...

"There is a lot of anticipation about the periodical cicadas in Massachusetts," said Simisky. Dubbed "Brood XIV, " or "Brood ...

Tami Gingrich explores the unique qualities and lifecycle of snapping turtles, as egg-laying season is upon us in northeast ...