To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBS12) — The final two of four Dominican nationals have been sentenced for their roles in smuggling tropical birds from the United States on Monday. The U.S. Department of ...

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More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn't one of them.

BOULDER, Colo. — A rare tropical bird has been spotted in Colorado, drawing the attention of excited birdwatchers. An anhinga, also known as a "snake bird," has appeared in eastern Boulder County, ...

The Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus), last seen in the wild in 1988, is making a comeback. Thanks to years of dedication and the steadfast efforts of the Sihek Recovery Program team, Guam ...

Ancient DNA reveals pre-Inca societies transported live Amazonian parrots across the formidable Andes mountains.

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its ...

In preparation for a presentation on the birds we saw while in Ecuador recently, I was struck by how many of the birds were extravagantly colored, many eye-poppingly so. Thumbing through my field ...

LAMONT, Fla. (WCTV) - A burst of color, the sound of wings overhead and the unmistakable hum of life in motion await visitors at Tropical Treasures, the North Florida Wildlife Center’s brand-new ...

The Little Rock Zoo announced this week that it had closed its Tropical Bird House to the public in response to confirmed cases of avian flu in Faulkner and Prairie counties amid a nationwide outbreak ...

(CNN) — From the rainforests of Central and South America to the savannas of northern Australia, the world’s equatorial regions are home to thousands of unique bird species, from macaws to toucans to ...