Birds are a wonderful part of the world around us, not only because of their impact on our own mental health and enjoyment but also because they contribute tirelessly to the ecosystems around them in ...

Within Australia's seemingly unforgiving but awe-inspiring desert landscape, there have been sightings of a rare, gorgeous ...

A rare bird that escaped from Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah has been captured. The missing bird, a juvenile East African crowned crane, escaped its enclosure Wednesday. KIRO-7 TV reports a resident ...

They’re blue, round, and small. And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean warbler is one of many bird species that ...

You may not think of grassland when you think of Alabama. But you’d be wrong: Alabama is home to prairie habitat, and along with it, some of its customary birds, like this one - the Scissor-tailed ...

While the exact number is difficult to gauge, there are approximately between 11,000 and 20,000 different bird species. Out of all these species, 12% of all living birds, approximately 1,200 species, ...

THAT IS? CAN I JUST TELL YOU? I TOTALLY GET NOW WHY PEOPLE STOP WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND CAME RUNNING DOWN HERE TO SEE THIS BIRD FIRSTHAND. YOU KNOW, BIRDERS LIKE THIS IS A BIG DEAL. AND IT WAS ...

When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several species that once thrived in my region were nowhere to be found. Some, like the passenger pigeon, ...

The sudden burst of rare sightings has drawn attention and speculation. Are more rare birds actually arriving in Texas, or are people just getting better at spotting them? "The answer is a little ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sandhill cranes can be spotted in many states, but in the 1930s their populations had crashed to a few dozen breeding pairs in the ...