In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

Tall, magnificent birds with long legs and necks, cranes spend most of their lives near the shallow water of swamps, lakes, ...

Why do magpies sing to humans? Discover the meaning behind their carolling, mimicry and calls—and how they may even be ...

Let’s face it, some animals have cooler names than others. For example, how could the blobfish ever hope to compete with the ...

In late June and early July, groups of yellow-crowned night herons will begin to leave their New Orleans nests. First they ...

The reason why birds make such a racket at dawn is still unclear. But researchers are now pouring cold water on one popular ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

More than 1,100 acres of land in Somerset County have been protected as part of an effort to preserve critical habitat along ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January.

Lifelong San José resident Apollo-Genesis Braddock-Layton has fished the Pacific Coast’s shore for as long as he can remember ...

Dara Ojo is a master of wildlife macrophotography — extreme close-up shots showing little critters in all their odd, ...

These truths became personal guideposts when I met Sudan, a northern white rhinoceros and, eventually, the last male of his kind.. I saw Sudan for the first time in 2009 at the Dvůr Králové Zoo ...