The UK’s tallest bird towers at an impressive 1.2 meters. Known as the common crane, Grus grus, their numbers have benefited ...

In 1987, wildlife veterinarian Mark Pokras was in his office at Tufts University in Massachusetts when a colleague from New ...

With no humans to leave behind scraps, this urban bird evolved and developed a longer beak, which shrank again once people ...

Hummingbirds are some of the most beautiful and elegant creatures on earth, and inviting them into your yard is almost like ...

A large group of brown penguins spotted at Morro Bay, California, is a welcome sight as they continue to recover from ...

One of my readers asked me, “How can I encourage a Baltimore Oriole to come into myyard?” You can get a Baltimore Oriole or Icterus galbula to notice your feeders in an easy way with the feeders that ...

Plus, pocket-sized owls hooting, few family reunions in the bird world and a visit by robins’ handsome cousin.

There’s no mistaking the dizzying display of a hummingbird’s wings as it zips around from flower to flower looking for nectar ...

In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, ...

Fortunately, in Southern Vermont we can watch bluebirds all winter. Eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis, generally spend the ...

Predator populations—nest raiders and full-feathered turkey killers alike—are growing across the United States. To determine ...

American Oystercatcher nesting on Ocracoke Island. Photo P. Vankevich By Peter Vankevich Here is a 2025 nesting overview for the region. Except for one notable bright spot, 2025 proved another ...