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CHICAGO — August 14, 2025 — The 66th Supplement to the American Ornithological Society’s (AOS’s) Check-list of North American Birds, published today in Ornithology, includes several significant ...

To a hawk an airport can look like the perfect place to settle down. The layout provides ample open space, perches, and nice habitat for a variety of prey species. However, congregations of birds, ...

To a hawk an airport can look like the perfect place to settle down. The layout provides ample open space, perches, and nice habitat for a variety of prey species. However, congregations of birds, ...

The Blue Ridge Parkway, often called “America’s Favorite Drive,” stretches 469 miles through Virginia and North Carolina, connecting Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Spotting birds of prey during a hike can transform an ordinary outdoor excursion into an exciting wildlife encounter. Among the most magnificent avian predators you might encounter are hawks and ...

Many of us have seen animals frozen in the headlights, but what about birds using traffic to their advantage? In a recent study, Dr. Vladimir Dinets documents a surprising case of behavioral ...

In a recent paper, a researcher noted a bird’s surprising urban adaptation: A young Cooper’s hawk used a pedestrian crossing signal to help it hunt more successfully in a busy neighborhood. Vladimir ...

Vladimir Dinets, an animal behaviorist at the University of Tennessee, reported that he observed Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii), a medium-sized bird of prey native to North America, hunting using ...

AI-generated image for illustrative purposes only. Credit: ZME Science/SORA. One winter morning in suburban New Jersey, Vladimir Dinets stopped at a red light — and saw something he couldn’t believe.

A Cooper’s hawk sits on the opposite side of Tami Gingrich’s mist net hoping for an easy meal. (Tami Gingrich photo) Just last week I was ooohing and ahhhing over the large number of dark-eyed juncos ...