Cottontails who survive winter see their population begin to rebound in March, when females give birth to the first litter of ...

Driving on Vermont’s interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular intervals along the road. With the stark landscape providing better ...

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

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

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

Killer whales are the only natural predator of baleen whales—those that have "baleen" in their mouths to sieve their plankton diet from the water. More solitary than toothed whales, baleen whales face ...

A snapshot of blacktip reef sharks hunting hardyhead silverside fish won the 2024 Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.

Which birds fly at night? Do turtles hibernate? And do rattlesnakes stretch out on the ground? We have the answers.