America's national bird is beloved here in Eastern Iowa, where thousands of the majestic raptors winter along the Mississippi River each year. We drive hours to stand in the cold to watch the ...

Corrections and Clarifications: The Mississippi River was mistakenly labeled as the Missouri River in one of the photo captions. The Smithsonian Channel's Aerial America isn't just about sightseeing.

On a clear spring morning along the Mississippi coast, Scott Rush, a scientist in Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, ascends over an open savannah in a specialized ...

It was the height of spring migration on the Mississippi Flyway, a migration route that follows the Mississippi River. Birds were "dripping" off the trees, he recalls, resplendent, foraging for ...