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

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

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two rare coastal birds, the Piping Plover and the Brown Booby, are expected to be in Central Texas this July.

Nevertheless, nature still has the ability to surprise us. Take the shoebill, for example: a bird so bizarre, it almost ...

I reach for it slowly with the net and suddenly he launches himself. Then something magical happens. Our mouths drop and we ...

A young eaglet can gain as much as 170 grams (six ounces) per day — the fastest growth rate of any bird in North America.

We live in one of the most idyllic neighborhoods in Arkansas. Tall forests surround us on all sides. Rolling hills follow ...

I was in a jungle where no humans set foot, and was wearing a black safari hat. My eccentric, mad hatter presence had alarmed, and at the same time, intrigued a male robin ...

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 ...

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

Hunt said that, in 1979, while still in high school, he joined the Marine Corps on a delayed-entry program for recruits who were too young to qualify. He claims that an administrative error led to an ...