What is a cool bird? Cool types of birds can be beautiful birds, uncommon birds, or even the weirdest birds. Of course, what ...

Elegant, active, and always wagging its tail — the White Wagtail is one of Europe’s most familiar birds. Watch it forage, ...

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

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 ...

A high-speed sprint across water, synchronized head shakes, and underwater gifts—grebes go all out for love. Here’s their ...

The interactive version of the crossword that appears in Thursday’s Farming supplement. No cheating.

The thing I like most about anhingas is their long pointy bill. It’s somewhat stabby looking, possibly because it is built ...

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species.

The yellow-billed cuckoo has remained somewhat of a mystery even to scientists, Rhodes told AL.com. Because they are so ...

Photo by Daniel Weinberg Two bald eagles were found dead in Mount Vernon last week. “The eagles’ talons were locked together and one of the bird’s tail feathers appeared to be burned ...

In 1827, naturalist John Audubon announced a massive discovery: the largest North American eagle. But did the Washington sea eagle exist?

Invasive species, such as nutria, Asian tiger mosquitos, and wild boars, are causing significant harm to Louisiana’s ...