Bird migration is one of nature’s greatest wonders. Every year, birds travel across continents in search of food and suitable ...

Scientists tracking young Arizona Bald Eagles found that many migrate north during summer and fall, bucking the traditional southbound pattern of most birds. Their routes rely heavily on historic ...

Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometers to reach Africa—and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new ...

Red-backed shrikes fly thousands of kilometres to reach Africa – and they do so with astonishing precision. Aided by new ...

Ask someone to name an orange bird, and they will more than likely say an oriole. That would be a good answer: Of the seven native species of orioles you can regularly see in the United States, five ...

Scientists have tested this by raising birds in isolation, and they still migrate in the right direction at the right time.

Today, duck hunters pay into conservation by purchasing state and federal hunting permits. That includes the Federal Duck Stamp, which has raised more than $1 billion to protect approximately 6 ...

If you live in the Rio Grande Valley, you have probably heard heard the strange croaks of the sandhill crane or the honk of the Ross’s goose overhead when out for a walk along the river. That’s ...

Just about every morning, I walk my dogs past Oak Grove Cemetery in Marietta. By far the most numerous birds I encounter are vultures, both turkey and black. It is not unusual for me to see more than ...

Each year, as the wet season winds down in Costa Rica, the air fills with the calls of warblers and thrushes arriving from their northern breeding grounds. From my vantage point here in the heart of ...

In essence, the Five Great Forests are the mirror of North America's eastern forests—tropical counterparts that shelter the same community of forest-loving migratory birds, from Scarlet Tanagers and ...