Typically, the name “crow” refers to several bird species in the Corvidae family that share common characteristics, such as ...

Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird‘s feathers is the result of pigment, not a ...

Wildlife officials are keeping a close eye on the spread of avian influenza after nearly 300 birds were found dead along the North Carolina coast earlier this year — most of them ...

The natural marvels, which do everything from enabling acrobatic flight to insulating against Antarctic cold, continue to ...

The paper documents the earliest known evidence of birds nesting in polar regions. Each spring, the Arctic comes alive with the sounds of chirping and the arrival of fluffy hatchlings, as millions of ...

An osprey bird discovered by fishermen near Usalo Beach, Siaya County. The bird was found trapped in a net by Mr Walter Tende ...

At home in cities, suburbs and rural farmlands, crows seem to be everywhere. One of Kentucky’s most abundant bird species, ...

The 20th century expansion of nectar feeders drove Anna’s Hummingbirds to spread across California—and transformed the birds ...

There are thousands of species of birds, and many of their names are well-known to us—blue jay, robin, and mallard, to name ...

Stephan Roundtree, an avid birder and environmental advocate from New York City, led the group through the muddy trails. He ...

Joye Brown has been a columnist for Newsday since 2006. She joined the newspaper in 1983 and has worked as a reporter, an editor, newsroom administrator and editorial writer. Brown: On Long Island ...

I'm Gulliver. This is the story of my life in the strange land of Brobdingnag, where I was but the size of a mouse among giants. My master, the farmer who found me, saw me as a way to make money ...