Millions of birds fly 'highways' across US—and their migration routes are breaking down

Every fall, the skies of the northeastern United States fill with warblers, barn swallows and other birds heading south to ...
The Berkshire Eagle

Hearing birds you don’t see? A brown thrasher could be creating those calls

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

‘Rare' North American bird found on Brazil island in first-of-its-kind sighting

The "discreet" bird does not sing outside its breeding areas in North America, making it difficult to locate in its migratory habitats, researchers said.
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Your Ultimate Wildlife Checklist for Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park is famous for its landscape. Iconic hoodoo formations, deep canyons, and bright red rocks carve out its terrain. It might seem like a desolate landscape to those unfamiliar, ...

The Silent Language of Birds

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

Rare bird alert leads to blue jay-green jay hybrid discovery in Texas

A rare bird alert on the eBird app led University of Texas researchers to discover a rare hybrid from a blue jay and green jay mating.
The Bemidji Pioneer

Blane Klemek Outdoors: Encountering pygmy nuthatches in the Colorado Rockies

During my three-week stay, I heard the songs and calls of pygmy nuthatches more frequently than I visually observed them.
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Strange Bird Spotted in a Texas Backyard Is the First Known Hybrid Between a Blue Jay and a Green Jay

The ranges of the two parent bird species have expanded due to climate change and now overlap around San Antonio, researchers ...

Blue jay hybrid, tiny wasps, Willie Nelson–named grasshopper among Texas' newly identified species

University of Texas at Austin biologists believe hybrid of blue and green jay found in a San Antonio backyard is linked to climate change ...

What’s a ‘Grue Jay’? Introducing the new hybrid love child of the Blue and Green Jays

A unique bird, the “Grue Jay”, has been discovered in San Antonio, which is a hybrid of a Blue Jay and a Green Jay, and is ...

Bob Brown: What ‘the biggest herd of mammals’ can do to save the planet

The veteran activist on climate change denial, leaders who’ve let Australia down, how AI could make things far worse – and ...

Periyar Tiger Reserve adds 12 species to its faunal checklist

A biodiversity survey at the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) has added 12 new species records to its faunal checklist, reaffirming its status as one of the most biodiverse landscapes in the Western Ghats.