The term Mohawk refers to the Mohawk people, an indigenous tribe who plucked the hair from the sides of their heads, leaving ...

The American Goldfinch undergoes such a radical transformation between seasons, it’s hard to believe that the gray-green birds of winter and the yellow-and-black birds of summer belong to the same ...

The copperhead is one of the most famous of all snakes in the United States. Along with that fame, people often confuse other ...

North America boasts diverse wildlife species with an estimated 457 mammals, 662 reptiles, over 300 amphibians, 914 birds, and 4,000 known arachnids. Let’s delve deep into this article to explore 30 ...

A high percentage of Georgia’s coastline remains undeveloped, free of beach houses and hotels, still home to shorebirds and songbirds. Many of the state’s top birding sites are found on or near the ...

Identification of these birds depends on where in the country you spot them. In the eastern states, they are gray and white, but out west, they come in various colors, including a reddish-brown.

In a new study, researchers used more than 5 million measurements from individual trees across much of eastern North America and showed the rate at which introduced species are spreading has ...

Also known as western yellow pine, ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) is found scattered along western North America, from southern Canada down to Mexico. The bark of this species has a rough ...

Like its cousin in the number 10 spot of the smallest birds in North America, Spinus psaltria, the Lesser Goldfinch, has bright gold plumage over most of its body. However, instead of the solid black ...

In Northern Michigan, where Bowerman, a University of Maryland professor, has spent 40 years continuing a long-running bald-eagle census, the number of occupied eagle nests had risen from 52 in ...