Dead birds are washing up on the Lake Ontario shoreline east of Rochester, with their deaths likely the result of botulism poisoning, state environmental officials said Friday. Because the paralyzing ...

As avian influenza spreads across Ontario, officials are urging people with backyard chickens to pay attention to potential signs of infection in their flocks. They're also warning people not to feed ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Just north of Long Point, Backus Woods is a tract of old-growth Carolinian forest that is home to some of the oldest trees and rarest wildlife in Ontario. A step into Backus Woods, an hour south of ...

Mark Peck was driving south on Highway 404 when a Cooper’s hawk swooped over his car. As a birder, he was compelled to name-check the raptor known for hunting backyard birds and downtown pigeons. “Oh ...

When it comes to why North American bird populations have seen sharp declines in the last 50 years, cats seem to get a bad rap, while buildings fly under the radar. Take for instance the International ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. When I first began bird watching (“birding”) in Washington ...

A beloved Ontario bird that bounced back from endangered status may be flying to its demise when it heads south this fall — straight into the path of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.