To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, ...

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

A Comanche-led conservation project takes on an increasingly urgent mission: protecting the birds revered by many tribes ...

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 Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped on top of a tee box to survey its surroundings. I quickly focused my ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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