Feathered friends bring many benefits to our outdoor space, but the types of birds you might see in your backyard will depend ... Perhaps one of the most common birds heard and spotted across ...

These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images celebrate our feathered friends Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs ...

Our newest contest category delivered a bounty of beautiful—and birdy—scenes for the judges to choose from. Here are some of ...

Find out why these raptor bird species, including hawks, owls, falcons and more, are some of the most captivating birds of ...

In a new book, a curator at England's Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house ...

Even for serious bird-watchers, Black-capped Chickadees and Carolina Chickadees are tough to tell apart. Both are members of ...

Here in New Jersey, we have a variety of animals that may just pop up in the wild and end up in our backyards. We have all ...

A black-capped chickadee by any other name is a Poecile atricapillus. That’s the bird’s scientific name, the reference used worldwide to avoid the confusion a list of local names could offer.

Migration already has been heavily altered by building and development and the loss of green spaces along the major migratory ...

Ruby-throated hummingbirds begin their southward migration, traveling thousands of miles to find warmer climates.

This year in the United States, 14 people have tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. Nine of those became ...

When manufacturers optimize printers for pictures, the results often exceed the image quality of the best printers available. Compared to sending photos to a lab or printing at a local office ...