I made many diary entries about birds that I had seen returning from their migrations. In the morning when I step outside, I hear the singing of robins, cardinals, doves, crows and more, and all are ...

Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...

Haystack Rock is one of the tufted puffins’ regular roosts, and has become the best place to see the birds, with easy access ...

This spring, there’s a different kind of egg hunt happening on Bainbridge Island — and anyone can join — as... Read Story ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled around $12 billion in federal grants to states that were allocated ...

The United States Postal Service will honor late actress, comedienne, and Oak Park native Betty White with a new commemorative Forever stamp. USPS will offer the Betty White Forever stamps in ...

(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Analysis by Aaron Blake ... In other cases, the administration fired people who worked to contain the bird flu, as well as those who worked on food and medical ...

Whether they hop around the prairie, dabble in wetlands, flit through forests, or forage along the shore, birds are suffering rapid population declines across the United States. That’s the finding ...

As the birds’ monitors, they regularly don bright orange shirts and settle in at Montrose Beach to watch over Chicago’s piping plovers. “We love watching the birds, but we also love sharing ...

WASHINGTON — Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been ...

March is about one thing for me: anticipating spring. Every day I listen to more and more avian voices, thrilled by the steady increase in volume, stretching my ears to hear the first swallows and ...

WASHINGTON — Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms, and sent the price of eggs soaring in the United States since it was first detected in North America in late 2021. But what has been ...