Learn how to tell the difference between two gray colored mimic birds with big personalities: the gray catbird vs northern ...

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

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

The yellow bill of the Yellow-billed Loon gives it away, and the other species are all daintier. The Common Loon has a big blocky head and a beefier body than any of its cousins. (And as you may have ...

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

From forest edges and thickets on late spring mornings in the Northeast comes what sounds like an exhortation from across the pond: drink-your-tea! This is not a British parent’s plea, ...

Camouflage is Mother Nature's greatest form of deception, and these animals are doing it better than any others.

A water rail's voice is the easiest way to identify this secretive bird — it's a loud grunting/squealing pig-like call from a ...

In 1827, naturalist John Audubon announced a massive discovery: the largest North American eagle. But did the Washington sea eagle exist?

After centuries of being extinct from the region, white storks have miraculously returned to the United Kingdom. The ...

Hikers at Joseph D. Grant County Park, just outside of San Jose, saw an Argentine black and white tegu last week—and rangers ...