While many people enjoy birding to witness the intrinsic beauty of each species, it's a bird’s behavior and its similiarities to humans that draw many birders to study and learn about them, says ...

PHOENIX (NBC, KYMA) - 54 owls are falling from the sky in the Arizona desert, and bird researchers are trying to find out why. John Bello was just starting work at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve when ...

The Center for Biological Diversity has called on U.S. Fish and Wildlife to protect the Bendire's thrasher amid report on ...

Arizona's Sky Islands are known around the world as a birding mecca. Birders who visit the southeastern part of the state can find species such as the violet-crowned hummingbird, Montezuma quail and ...

Corrections & Clarifications: The ruby throated hummingbird is rarely seen in Arizona. A previous version of this article was incorrect about its prevalence in the state. Arizona is a hummingbird ...

All year H5N1 bird flu has been spreading across the world, recently making its way to birds in Arizona, but what does that mean for bird lovers and backyard aviaries? Other cases reported in Arizona ...

“ Of all the rare Mexican birds seen in southern Arizona and Texas,” so I read, “ the vermilion flycatcher is the gem.” One thing was certain: this Mexican rarity was not confusingly like anything ...

Avian flu or bird flu was detected in wastewater in Phoenix, Surprise and Tempe, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed on Monday. All three of the cities conduct wastewater ...

Hatty Willmoth is a Newsweek food and nutrition reporter based in London, U.K. She has covered special diets, gut health and functional medicine extensively. Hatty joined Newsweek in 2024 from the ...