Whole-genome analysis raises concerns about the rare songbird, the authors of a recent study say, but could also help with ...

For most of the year, the Willow Ptarmigan lays low on the Arctic tundra, blending into the snowy landscape with its powder-white plumage. But as winter turns toward spring, the males begin to stake ...

In the middle of Alaska’s Bering Sea, St. Matthew Island and its much smaller neighbor Hall Island are among the few specks of land amid hundreds of square miles of water. These uninhabited volcanic ...

Each spring and fall, birds like the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and Black-throated Blue Warbler migrate hundreds if not thousands of miles only to face deadly threats in cities and neighborhoods. A ...

Are you ready to join the millions of people who enjoy birds? If so, there’s no better time than the present to take the plunge—or at least dip your toes in. But wait. Where should you go? How do you ...

An inconspicuous, pale little bird, easily overlooked as it runs around on white sand beaches, or on the salt flats around lakes in the arid west. Where it lives on beaches, its nesting attempts are ...

One of the loudest and most colorful birds of eastern back yards and woodlots, the Blue Jay is unmistakable. Intelligent and adaptable, it may feed on almost anything, and it is quick to take ...

The most widespread of our three species of rosy-finches, the Gray-crown nests from the islands of western Alaska south to the high mountains of California and northern Montana. Different populations ...

This is a characteristic warbler of spruce forest in eastern Canada in summer. Its numbers vary from year to year, and are likely to increase quickly during population explosions of the spruce budworm ...

The Burning Man of Birding: Inside Iceland's Puffin Festival For decades years Icelanders have celebrated the Atlantic Puffin even while they've served it up on plates. But some traditions can't last ...

In the late 1990s, as an ecologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Martin Wikelski guesses he drove every mile of the Prairie State’s backroads in a two-toned Oldsmobile. But these ...

A new Netflix miniseries, The Residence, launched in late March. A madcap comedy/murder mystery set in the White House, it quickly drew fans for its ingenious plot, snappy dialogue, and memorable ...