About the size of a blue jay, it is the smallest hawk in North America. No matter. Sharpies use their short, powerful wings ...

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

Birds banded with geolocaters are getting new and useful data, especially those that travel between North America and South ...

There's a certain charm to small-town America. From scenic places in Maine, Alaska, California, and beyond, we've got the ...

Long restricted to Florida, the large wading birds have begun popping up across much of the United States and as far north as ...

Located in western North America, the lazuli bunting is a small and colorful bird. Males have a white wing bar, a ...

II. The silhouette of a teenager slumps, head bowed, before an enormous desk with a “Guidance Counselor” nameplate. “You ...

From the mountainous west to the coastal east, there’s no shortage of diverse habitats in Virginia. As a result, a variety of ...

A bird of prey or a raptor is a bird that hunts and eats other animals. Because the prey is often large relative to the ...

Perhaps one of the most common birds heard and spotted across North America, Mourning Doves are often sighted near humans.

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