Purple martins are returning from South America. The first "scouts" have been spotted in Michigan. What to know.

Enthusiasts can support the birds by setting up suitable housing and reporting sightings to aid conservation efforts. Purple martins, a glossy black and purple swallow ... and eat food mid-flight ...

Titanoboa and anaconda differ significantly, with the extinct titanoboa being much larger at 40-50 feet and 2500+ pounds ...

King cobra and Gaboon viper are two of the most deadly snakes, each with unique traits. The King cobra, found in Southeast ...

A New Brunswick non-profit that promotes biodiversity and sustainable ecology is asking people to be on the lookout for bank ...

Federal law prohibits disturbing barn swallows once they nest, so you should consider taking preventative action now.

Barn swallows are pretty common here in East Texas,” says Jessica Coleman the Secretary with Tyler Audubon Society.

H5N1 can still be active in raw milk cheese even after the standard 60-day aging window, according to new research.

Plastic waste has let common coots reuse nests year after year. Scientists have now used the trash layers to date how old nests are.

One of the cats infected with the bird flu was an 8-month-old kitten on the Upper West Side that consumed raw chicken from Savage Cat, a company that makes raw pet food. A veterinarian said the ...

Spring draws hundreds of millions of birds north after winter shooed them away. Here are some of the species traveling to or ...