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Use expert tips and a helpful chart to improve your hawk identification skills. Plus, learn about the common types of hawks ...

There is nothing like spring. Just stand outside for a minute or two and you will hear what I mean. Birds are singing. From all corners of the prairies, forests and backyards the birds are singing ...

In maturity, the basswood develops a pyramidal shape and can grow to 80 feet high and 50 feet wide. The heart-shaped leaves ...

“For nearly 250 years, we called the bald eagle the national bird when it wasn’t,” said Jack Davis, co-chair of the National ...

Researchers from Pennsylvania will be banding and tagging Evening Grosbeaks in northern Michigan from February through April, ...

Whether it’s your own backyard, or one of the many parks in Southwest Ohio, there countless birds and wildlife to discover, making the area a great place for winter birding.

People have always been interested in where wild animals go, especially when they were a primary food source. Now one of the questions is: why are North American grassland bird populations shrinking?

It’s easy for most backyard birders to think that birds live long and prosper. We see roughly the same number of birds at our feeders each day with an expected increase just before or after ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...

Watch your backyard come to life as amazing owl species swoop through the night skies. Get to know the types of owls you ...