Feathered friends bring many benefits to our outdoor space, but the types of birds you might see in your backyard will depend on where you live. For example, perhaps you live in North America, in ...

Most kids will never see a wolf pack in their backyard or an otter in their neighborhood creek. But birds? They’re everywhere—and that’s why they make great photography subjects for children. Not that ...

The migration occurs as warmer-weather birds relocate to find better weather and more abundant food sources. While the state loses some varieties due to the migration, it also gains many fall and ...

The 11th Annual Winter Bird Count for Kids is coming up 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, Jan. 25 at Lake Los Carneros Park, 304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta. Registration is 9-9:30 a.m. on the grounds of Stow ...

When Danielle Belleny discovered the flute in middle school, she was hooked. “I absolutely fell in love with learning those études as a high schooler,” say Belleny of the work of classical composer ...

Bird Bill vs Bird Beak A bird beak is the most important resource it has, and every species has one solely designed for ...

Birds’ spring migration and mating season comes to a close by mid-summer as warmer temperatures arrive. But national parks across the United States that protect a range of threatened species remain a ...

“Awkward” would probably be the most benevolent word I could use to describe the explosive launch into flight of the California quail. Certainly, the words graceful or athletic do not come to mind.

A new report on the state of birds in the United States has an urgent warning: bird populations across nearly every habitat are declining, with about one-third of U.S. bird species in critical need of ...

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and learn what they really are. By Elizabeth Preston In P.D. Eastman’s classic ...