Fall leaves get a warm welcome from Christie Hunt. The River Forest, Illinois, resident rakes them into her flower beds, ...

The descriptor “finch” is used by birders to describe a family of birds with similar characteristics. In North America, we ...

The Bird Buddy is a smart bird feeder that can identify the birds who stop by your home. But is it worth buying?

Becoming our state insect wouldn’t give the regal fritillary any new conservation statuses or protections, though Iowa’s ...

Sharp-tailed grouse suffered a steep decline and are now barely hanging on. They’re protected as endangered under Washington ...

Roger Tory Peterson described them as sparrows dipped in raspberry juice. What a wonderful image of a purple finch, which is ...

This morning on my way to work, I saw two large herons fly overhead. It got me thinking about how this area of the Platte is ...

Observations at your bird feeder could help inform research being done at Cornell University and other institutions.

Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce ...

After wandering into a field with several barn cats, columnist Joyce Bupp suddenly found herself surrounded by a variety of ...

Blue Jay - With its striking blue plumage and distinctive crest, the Blue Jay is a common yet beautiful bird found in North America. Rainbow Lorikeet - This Australian parrot boasts a bright mix of ...

A common way ecologists predict population counts may be an unreliable way of forecasting future bird counts in urban areas, meaning scientists may be overestimating and underestimating the losses of ...