Every year, many thousands of birds are banded this way by researchers and avian enthusiasts in Canada and the U.S. As the ...

We’re only halfway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but for our feathered friends, fall migration is underway. The ...

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we’ll soon be in trouble.” – Naturalist, ...

Across the globe, wildlife is in crisis. Insect populations are crashing, bird species are disappearing, and pollinators, the ...

California is home to a host of plants and animals. Discover the eight yellow birds that call the Golden State home.

Blue crabs, bluebirds, beetles and many more creatures can be spotted in and around the bay—and scientists at the Smithsonian ...

House sparrows are an invasive species, introduced from England in 1850 to help control both an outbreak of a native elm ...

Owls make their homes in many national parks around the country, though they can be tricky to spot. Here are a few profiles ...

Bird lovers are trying to raise awareness of Lowcountry’s birdlife with a new interpretive center where injured birds also will be treated ...

The fastest a human has ever been recorded running was Usain Bolt in the 2009 Olympics. Bolt ran the 100-meter dash in an ...

The J.D. Marshall needed a better publicity agent, someone like Gordon Lightfoot to write a song about it. The sunken vessel ...