Feathered friends bring many benefits to our outdoor space, but the types of birds you might see in your backyard will depend on where you live. For example, perhaps you live in North America, in ...

Forget the canary in a coal mine: today the danger zone is the entire U.S., and the sentinel species comprise a growing list that includes the Golden-cheeked Warbler, the Florida Scrub Jay and the ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind. A ...

"It's a tough time to be a bird right now," one expert said. As the United States marks National Bird Day on Jan. 5, the majority of bird species in the U.S. face a grim future in coming decades if ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much of a show. Among the peacock, the toucan, and the macaw, there’s a ...

Bird lovers across Tennessee are gearing up for the nation’s longest-running community science project. The annual Christmas Bird Count begins on Sunday to gather valuable data on bird populations.

In the depths of the Amazon rainforest, a strange song drew scientists to a new species of bird, the first of its kind ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The last Backyard Bird Count found that 52 ...

In recent years, more and more streets have been named Skylark Lane or Swift Avenue – but the numbers of these birds are ...