Bird names, both common and scientific, try to help clarify which bird is which. A black-capped chickadee by any other name ...

By late September, our summer birds have almost entirely left and our winter birds have begun to arrive: Fall migration is in ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota is home to one of the world's premier bird observation sites. This time of year, the airspace above Hawk Ridge on the western edge of Lake Superior draws tens of ...

Feathered friends bring many benefits to our outdoor space, but the types of birds you might see in your backyard will depend ...

The next time you listen to or imagine the telltale alarm call of a chickadee, you will hear it make the sound of its ...

It’s a good time of year to be a bird hunter,” said Ted Dick, ruffed grouse and woodcock hunter and Minnesota DNR forest ...

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, indiGO and the Minnesota Land Trust. When the bird walk started at 9:30 a.m., there were about nearly as many organizers as participants present. "We're all just ...

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

Minnesota DNR asks upland bird hunters to voluntarily log their hunting activitie Hunting diaries will give a more complete ...

"The common nighthawk hunts on the wing ... I wasn't the only one to see them in recent days. The Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth, Minnesota, tallied about 12,000 nighthawks between 6 ...

Just how deadly is the H5N1 avian flu? The virus, which is currently sweeping through U.S. dairy herds, rarely jumps to human ...