U.S. bird populations are experiencing alarming declines due to factors such as habitat loss and climate change, according to ...

Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out.

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close relatives.

The massive annual spring migration of America's birds – millions of them – is underway. Here's how to follow along at home.

For several decades, waterfowl stood out as a conservation bright spot with duck populations growing nationwide even as many ...

Hearing that humming next to you? If you catch a quick enough glance, you might be able to spot a hummingbird buzzing around ...

To the man who wants to shoot the brown bird that makes a “beastly noise” on the shore of his lakefront home. You say you’re not aquatinted with our laws down here yet. Would you be able to shoot this ...

The more mosquitoes there are, the longer they stay active, and which species they bite all matters. With Florida under ...

The South Florida Water Management District reported overall nesting down although snowy egrets, South Florida's dominant ...

I know it is anthropomorphic, and therefore wrong, to think of terns as classier versions of gulls. In the proper scientific sense, class should only be considered in the taxonomic sense. But I have ...