To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, ...

One further clue to differentiate between these two birds is the frontal shield: a platelike prolongation of their beaks that reaches up to their forehead. The shield of the moorhen is bright red with ...

Despite its tiny stature, the smallest bird native to North America can survive cold nights in the Rocky Mountains, and some ...

Northern cardinals, blue jays, American robins, and house sparrows are common birds in North American cities. These small, ...

Twenty years ago, I wrote an article about my cousin Brenda’s country garden in Bognar Regis in Sussex, England. Like many ...

When you think about adopting a bird, budgies and cockatiels are often the first species that spring to mind – but did you ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped on top of a tee box to survey its surroundings. I quickly focused my ...

Almost two dozen people participated in the Central Texas Audubon Society’s annual Christmas bird count on Saturday, Dec. 31.

Nevertheless, nature still has the ability to surprise us. Take the shoebill, for example: a bird so bizarre, it almost ...

July is a great month for birds, and the weather is generally nice too – so it’s a perfect time to see the nature in your ...