Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whooping crane photo courtesy Heather Farrell (Whooping crane photo courtesy Heather Farrell) “Two young white ibises flew into a ...

Birds are a wonderful part of the world around us, not only because of their impact on our own mental health and enjoyment but also because they contribute tirelessly to the ecosystems around them in ...

Red kite spotted over Hereford marks UK conservation success. Once rare, this bird of prey now thrives thanks to RSPB ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the exact number is difficult to gauge, there are approximately between 11,000 and 20,000 different bird species. Out of all ...

You may not think of grassland when you think of Alabama. But you’d be wrong: Alabama is home to prairie habitat, and along with it, some of its customary birds, like this one - the Scissor-tailed ...

On a 2009 hike in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona, a group of birders heard an otherworldly, ethereal bird song floating, flute-like, through the canyon. The hikers identified the ...

When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several species that once thrived in my region were nowhere to be found. Some, like the passenger pigeon, ...

The sudden burst of rare sightings has drawn attention and speculation. Are more rare birds actually arriving in Texas, or are people just getting better at spotting them? "The answer is a little ...