Brown thrashers can learn more than 1,000 songs, mimicking other birds and surprising even experienced bird watchers.

People from across Indiana and surrounding states are flocking to Spring Mill State Park to get what might be a once-in-a-lifetime look at a single brown bird that's normally found in tropical oceans.

Brum and his colleagues observed the birds in Yorkshire Dales National Park in northwest England. They used a telescope or ...

The brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater; cowbird) is unique among North American blackbirds (Icteridae) because it is managed to mitigate the negative effects on endangered songbirds and economic ...

The "discreet" bird does not sing outside its breeding areas in North America, making it difficult to locate in its migratory habitats, researchers said.

They’re described variously as “pieces of moving bark,” “long-tailed scraps of brown,” and “tiny dry leaves blown by the wind.” We’re talking brown creepers, birds easily overlooked but fascinating to ...

During my three-week stay, I heard the songs and calls of pygmy nuthatches more frequently than I visually observed them.

I’ve been enjoying fall migration, but I’ve not seen as many species of birds as I would like. So far, I’ve observed a few warblers, including black-and-white warbler, common yellowthroat, magnolia ...

BATON ROUGE -- Four decades after widespread pesticide use made it virtually extinct, the brown pelican has returned to Louisiana in such numbers that federal authorities proposed Friday that ...

Urbanization has a huge impact on the ecosystem and poses enormous challenges to animals and plants. The ongoing, worldwide increase in urbanization is considered one of the main causes of the steady ...

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