Wood warbler, Bagshot Heath. Wood warblers were once known to have a small breeding population in Surrey until the turn of ...

Bird eggs sport an amazing variety of sizes, colors, and shapes. Their colors could fill an artist’s palette, from robin's ...

I was in the foothills of Siswan, stealing in by twilight to watch fireflies by a minor check-dam; as the moon deepened ray ...

A new atlas catalogs nearly 11,000 bird names, revealing their origins, meanings, and the surprising stories behind how 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 ...

From walking upright on two legs to evolving feathers and wishbones and eventually developing wings (one of the most ...

Often seen as a lemon-colored blur among leafy treetops, the American yellow warbler is challenging to view with binoculars or capture with a camera. Patience and a bit of luck make it worth the ...

June is also the time to study the many species of sedges in the genus carex. Sedges resemble grasses and rushes but have ...

Why call it an ovenbird? A turkey could more reasonably be called an ovenbird, since it is commonly roasted in an oven; this ...

A new study shows that one group of Galápagos yellow warblers responds to intruders more aggressively than others. It adds ...

Jane Stylianou, Chair of the Cyprus Rare Birds Committee, reports on a migration season for the ages on the Mediterranean ...