Encourage lively talk around your holiday table with these facts about the birds. Read More “Wild facts about Wild Turkeys”
A male, or tom, Wild Turkey. Photo by RelentlessImages/Shutterstock
Species Profiles
Stories about hummingbirds, owls, falcons, and many more fascinating species.
10 great birds with bad names
Some avian monikers just don’t pass the sniff test. Read More “10 great birds with bad names”
The Whooping Crane’s cloudy future
The big white birds have made a steady return from the brink of extinction, but sea-level rise due to climate change poses a serious coming threat. Read More “The Whooping Crane’s cloudy future”
New hope for Red Knots
Red Knots received good news when pharmaceutical companies announced they would rely less on horseshoe crab blood for medical testing. Read More “New hope for Red Knots”
Helping Piping Plovers return home
How biologists and volunteers are working to return the endangered shorebirds to their historic nesting locales in the Great Lakes. Read More “Helping Piping Plovers return home”
A spring twilight spectacular: American Woodcock’s courtship display
An excursion to see and hear the American Woodcock’s courtship display strikes gold, near a place that woodcocks helped save from development. Read More “A spring twilight spectacular: American Woodcock’s courtship display”
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron adjusts its migration pattern to fiddler crabs
As spring arrives earlier each year, Yellow-crowned Night-Herons mysteriously adjust the timing of their return to the emergence of fiddler crabs. Read More “Yellow-crowned Night-Heron adjusts its migration pattern to fiddler crabs”
How the Hooded Merganser sparked a love of birds
A wildlife biologist describes how her love of birds and birding started when she first saw this diving duck. Read More “How the Hooded Merganser sparked a love of birds”