Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many other great questions in her book, The Bird Watching Answer Book. (For the ...

Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

After trying for years, a hunter finally gets his chance at a big grizzly bear in the snowy mountains. After killing two bears, it charges him next.

An endangered crow, found only in Hawaii, is flying free again. The alala has survived only in captivity after almost going ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...

First banded in 1956, the Laysan albatross has become a mother once again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge ...

Sort of like co-workers gathering for drinks after work on Friday, crows come together at the end of their foraging day, with ...

Artists from near and far flocked to Washington Park in Dubuque last week for the competition, in which they had four days to ...

Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.

And while police haven’t said yet how the 34-year-old woman died, nearly three years ago, Balandin was arrested for beating and strangling his then-wife just two blocks away from the site of the ...

His worst days and biggest health scares are hopefully behind him. After being away for nearly two full years, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer will be on the call for No. 2 Duke’s ...

At least three and possibly up to 15 birds have died of avian flu at two New York City zoos, according to the organization that operates the facilities. The Wildlife Conservation Society said ...