THE world is home to thousands of bird species, each known for their remarkable intelligence and cognitive abilities.

When it comes to poisonous animals, birds probably aren't the first to come to mind. But there are actually a number of ...

That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and ...

Over a dozen ducks and wild birds at the Queens and Bronx zoos have died, likely all due to the avian flu sweeping the ...

Q. I saw a photo on Facebook of a rattlesnake with its head looking up at the base of an oak tree and its enormous body stretched out in the ...

“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National ...

Whether it’s your own backyard, or one of the many parks in Southwest Ohio, there countless birds and wildlife to discover, making the area a great place for winter birding.

Snow. As we all know, it dominates our Minnesota winters. The wind becomes an artist, swirling and twirling it into bumps and humps and drifts, weaving it around anything that sticks up out of the ...

Gazing out my window, I see trees and plants painted silver, with tiny diamonds reflecting the rays of the morning sun. The ice storm had slipped through undetected in the dead of night, leaving ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Watch your backyard come to life as amazing owl species swoop through the night skies. Get to know the types of owls you ...

Though it's light-hearted, Superb Owl Sunday has also become a way for people to earnestly engage with the birds of prey. As ...