If you want to see year-round color, you don't need to look further than your backyard. There are many native shrubs and ...

The American dipper, a drab-looking bird no larger than a robin, is a splashy rarity: a songbird that swims and even walks underwater. This round-bodied gray bird with short wings and a stubby tail is ...

It’s nesting season again. For something so basic and so essential to avian life, I believe that the act of nesting is misunderstood by many. Let’s go over some very basic stuff and ...

One defense strategy that birds might employ involves draping their nests with snake skin. This tactic helps keep predators away, […] ...

Gracie and George, the stars of Hilton Head Island Land Trust’s eagle cam, await the hatching of their eaglets.

School was canceled Jan. 20 due to extremely low temperatures. Folks are letting water run throughout the night to avoid ...

Those in attendance heard tunes deployed from the classic American songbook — from Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land.” At the inauguration ...

A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build ... of birds’ nests and observing over 140 nests with and without snakeskin, researchers reported last month in The American ...

If it weren’t for the American robin running away with the Bird of Winter title, the dark-eyed junco would be a serious contender.

The American robin, Northern mockingbird and Eastern bluebird are also among the bird species that snack on the berries, according to Audubon Delta based in Mississippi. However, each berry ...

As temperatures plummet to below zero across Michigan this week, backyard bird enthusiasts who enjoy watching and feeding their feathered visitors may wonder how, or if, they can withstand the ...