The pre-dawn is clear, cool and calm when I step outside. In the fading darkness, a barred owl calls from the nearby woods. In the growing light of a new day, I hear songs of a robin and a phoebe, ...

Over the last 20 years, wetlands have been losing their most ardent advocates, especially in states like Minnesota, South ...

In this piece — part of a series from The Gazette and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk — a look at how love of ...

NAVARINO (WLUK) -- The sights and sounds of spring are all around ... birding continues. From a pair of trumpeter swans to a flowage filled with cranes, and tundra swans coming in for a landing.

After first noticing the pair building a nest on the east side of Tamarac Lake in February, staff expect to see hatchlings ...

The blue of its feathers stood out even against the blue of the pre-dawn light. It was a male mountain bluebird, of course, ...

You won't want to miss these beautiful bird pictures! Each photo was submitted by a Birds & Blooms reader and showcases the color and joy of spring birds.

Spring is a time when natural sounds seem even more obvious and diverse, with new sounds of frogs, insects, sea lions, and ...

They make noises that sound like hissing and snorting ... Unlike other waterfowls, such as tundra and trumpeter swans, these birds cannot fly over long distances due to their heavy weight. The trumpet ...