In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring gull.

Was it his sparkling personality or his neon-green shirt? Or maybe he was mistaken for a pirate. All Raymond Hedrick knows is he was playing tennis with his regular group of tennis friends over the ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped on top of a tee box to survey its surroundings. I quickly focused my ...

One further clue to differentiate between these two birds is the frontal shield: a platelike prolongation of their beaks that reaches up to their forehead. The shield of the moorhen is bright red with ...

David Carr highlights the birds, mammals and marine life you might see on vacation from the mountains to the coast.

Nevertheless, nature still has the ability to surprise us. Take the shoebill, for example: a bird so bizarre, it almost ...

Rockford is home to a lot of public art installations. This summer, a group of students is adding even more through the ...

Over 500 bird species could vanish in 100 years. Protecting habitats isn't enough. Targeted recovery efforts are crucial.

In the race to save birdlife around the world, time is running out—and doing everything right still won’t be enough. Despite global conservation goals and urgent policies aimed at protecting nature, ...

What flowers or plants can I plant to attract hummingbirds?  —Bruce Palmer, Algonquin Seeing a hummingbird is always a ...

A DELIGHTFUL family of oystercatchers has been caught on camera at a Herefordshire beauty spot. The birds, which are on the UK amber list for conservation concern, were spotted on the hunt for a meal ...