Every December, groups of birders set out to identify and count birds in specified areas as part of a citizen science project ...

Humorist, author and illustrator Matt Kracht of "A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever" ranks a handful of common ...

Bird watchers along Lake Huron photographed the bird, which has been nicknamed Rusty and Creamsicle. But there is no ...

The top wallpaper designs for 2025 are as bold as they are beautiful. If you want to refresh your home, here are five trends ...

The Bullock’s oriole, a native of the Great Plains or Far West, typically spends winters in Mexico. Bruce Beehler is a naturalist and author, whose books include “Natural Encounters” and “Birds of ...

That these animals can emit light is groundbreaking information for not only these birds, but potentially for all bird ...

Researchers recently discovered that dozens of species in the flamboyant family are biofluorescent, emitting a gleaming light ...

In March of 1975, an extremely rare Ross's Gull was confirmed for the first time in the Lower 48. The sighting and the frenzy ...

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus ...

The 1979 book “Birds of Colorado’s Gunnison Country,” describes the male mountain bluebird as a “piece of the sky clipped out and fallen to earth.” Indeed, this species’ azure plumage is the namesake ...

A golden eagle (Aquila chysaetos) was recently spotted soaring over the Kankakee Sands prairie, to which we say, “That’s ...

Location, cleanliness, and design are important factors to consider if you want to attract birds to your birdbath.