Haikubox, a small grey box developed by oceanographer David Mann, uses a neural network to identify birds through sound alone ...

The descriptor “finch” is used by birders to describe a family of birds with similar characteristics. In North America, we ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.

The unusually warm fall is causing some migratory birds to extend their summer vacation in southeast Wisconsin rather than ...

This morning on my way to work, I saw two large herons fly overhead. It got me thinking about how this area of the Platte is ...

The male Surf Scoter has an all-black body and a white patch on its nape and forehead. It has a sloping front, much like a ...

Observations at your bird feeder could help inform research being done at Cornell University and other institutions.

The BirdCast web site provides about info about where migrating birds are, how many there are and where they are headed down ...

The floating eco-park is garnering awards and global attention. It started as one man’s passion project — and almost didn’t get built at all.

I TOOK a break one recent sunny late afternoon to take the dogs for a short walk. They would have liked longer but our yellow ...

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park recorded its first joro spider sighting on Oct. 17. The spider was found in Cades Cove in ...