From geese and pelicans to cranes and cormorants, many birds use a V-shaped flock to master the aerodynamics of long-distance ...

In one 2024 study of college students, birding was associated with greater gains in subjective well-being and larger ...

Horstmann Cattle Company, owned and operated by August Horstmann in Gasconade County, is the newest ranch to earn the ...

You might think that the neotropics are one big mating party, but even in places that stay green and vibrant year-round, ...

Before pursuing her PhD, Maina worked with the shorebird recovery and habitat management teams at Manomet Conservation ...

One of the most widespread and abundant songbirds in the world today, the House Sparrow has a simple success formula: it associates with humans. Native to Eurasia and northern Africa, it has succeeded ...

A powerful predator of northern and mountain woods. Goshawks hunt inside the forest or along its edge; they take their prey by putting on short bursts of amazingly fast flight, often twisting among ...

A big boreal finch, uncommon but widespread in spruce and fir forests of the North and the high mountains. It is often absurdly tame, allowing very close approach; ironically, this sometimes makes it ...

The Hudsonian Whimbrel nests in the Arctic across North America and concentrates in flocks at a few favored spots in migration, so that the observer sees either many of them or very small numbers. The ...

A grassland sparrow, breeding on the northern Great Plains, wintering locally in the Southwest. This bird was named for the young Spencer Baird (who would later become a leading ornithologist). After ...

One of the plainest of warblers, the orange feathers on its head are almost never visible, this species is also among the most hardy. In winter, when most warblers are deep in the tropics, The ...

At first glance, the two species of yellowlegs look identical except for size, as if they were put on earth only to confuse birdwatchers. With better acquaintance, they turn out to have different ...