One of the tiniest birds plays a surprisingly large role in conservation advancement. Hummingbirds are beloved by many. Because the public is so fond of these gorgeous little birds, they help draw ...

New Zealand was once a quiet world ruled almost entirely by birds. For millions of years, the islands had no native land ...

The film explores the diverse ways in which various bird species raise their young, highlighting the differences between precocial and altricial birds. It illustrates how Canada geese hatch goslings ...

An Eastern Kingbird keeps watch over the Kennebec River from a branch in July in Winslow. (Rich Abrahamson/Staff Photographer) Warming temperatures means birds will be looking for places to nest, lay ...

It’s nesting season in Northern Michigan for the beloved common loon. After our inland lakes have thawed, the unofficial bird of the North—the beloved common loon—returns to our waters. By May, loon ...

For many species of birds, the business of courtship, egg-laying, brooding and feeding young is over. But not for American goldfinches. And so as summer wanes, the time of the goldfinches begins.

March is the time of year when shorebird nesting season starts in full as several species select mates, build nests and raise ...

At a glance, cranes and storks can look remarkably similar. In fact, you may mistakenly use these two names interchangeably, ...

To nest or not to nest? That is the question. The days are hot and muggy; the nights only a bit cooler. In the morning when the barred owl hoots to its partner, I check the temperature. If, at 5 a.m., ...

A number of distinct bird species make Cape Town their home, but it’s the birds of prey that rule our suburban skies.