Whole-genome analysis raises concerns about the rare songbird, the authors of a recent study say, but could also help with ...

The most widespread of our three species of rosy-finches, the Gray-crown nests from the islands of western Alaska south to the high mountains of California and northern Montana. Different populations ...

This is a characteristic warbler of spruce forest in eastern Canada in summer. Its numbers vary from year to year, and are likely to increase quickly during population explosions of the spruce budworm ...

Washington, D.C. (April 8, 2025) – The director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plays a vital role in safeguarding the biodiversity of our nation’s wildlife and the health of ecosystems across ...

Below, find out which of the birds that nest or spend the winter in your area are most vulnerable across their entire range. Some birds may lose range outside of your state, making the protection of ...

Below, find out which of the birds that nest or spend the winter in your area are most vulnerable across their entire range. Some birds may lose range outside of your state, making the protection of ...

This interesting little bird enters the State of Louisiana often as early as the 1st of March. Indeed, some individuals may now and then be seen a week or ten days sooner, provided the weather be mild ...

South Pelican Island belongs to the birds. Royal Terns circle and screech above this spit of sand and shrub, which juts out of North Carolina’s winding Cape Fear River. Grackles hop among the bushes ...

In the late 1990s, as an ecologist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Martin Wikelski guesses he drove every mile of the Prairie State’s backroads in a two-toned Oldsmobile. But these ...

Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil worked with scientists to survey local birds and document cultural traditions.

It is springtime in North America—a season of transformation. The arrival of migratory birds, blooming flowers, and longer days signal renewal and possibility. Across the Western Hemisphere, the ...

On a warm afternoon in Chicago’s McKinley Park, Em De Blas was guiding a group of birders when they spotted a Downy Woodpecker “going ham” on a tree. In both English and Spanish, De Blas invited ...