People in northern climates are familiar with flocks of birds flying south in the winter, but why do they do it, and why ...

It has become starkly clear that the seasons in North America are changing, and with it the timing of natural phenomenon like bird migration. That some species like northern saw-whet owls are ...

Benjamin Van Doren, an ornithologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and his colleagues set up ground-based microphones at 26 sites across Eastern North America and collected more ...

Why it matters: A United Nations report released last year outlined how design and human behavior have put several species at risk of extinction, including migratory birds. Chicago is listed as ...

This is the time of year when many bird lovers are happy to see a frenzy of birds at their feeders and in their yards. These birds are not simply replenishing their energy after rearing their ...

Birdwatchers are amazed to discover the amenities and the large flocks of various species when they visit Phelps County.

Nonstop flights direct from Iowa to Venezuela are rare, unless you happen to be a well-fed pectoral sandpiper. If it finds ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has entered a concerning new phase, demonstrating its adaptability by spreading from ...

Trumpeter swans fly over icy waters on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton. The trumpeter swan is North America’s largest waterfowl. A small flock of ...

He kissed his fingers to suggest how good the birds tasted, and I kept frowning at the cages. To a visitor from North America ... constraints on the killing of migratory birds.

They seized 19 wood ducks from the hunters and donated them to a local charity. Agents cited 47-year-old John Methvin, 47, of Natchitoches, for hunting migratory game birds over a baited area, ...

Last year, a team of scientists discovered that birds seem to ‘buddy up’ with other species at stopover sites during migration ... three years in eastern North America. They used artificial ...