A common cuckoo, a species native to Europe and Asia, made several recent appearances in Riverhead, N.Y. The birds have been spotted in a handful of places in the lower 48 states, experts said.

We followed the Owl Whisperer around the gun battery toward a grove of pitch pines, where he had seen the saw-whet owl. Then ...

Birds that end up far from home, like the New York common cuckoo, are known as “vagrants.” They’re fairly common during ...

Birds have long been admired for their vibrant colors and melodious songs, but some species take things to the next level ...

For millions of years, the African landscape — the rainforests, woodlands, savannas and scrublands — has echoed with the ...

Africa's ecosystems are running on less than two-thirds of the natural energy they once had, according to new Oxford-led ...

With All Hallows Eve rapidly approaching, I thought it was high time to explore the spookier side of birds. Specifically, ...