Freed from the threat of invasive predators, Galapagos birds are performing astonishing feats of return and innovation – 200 ...

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The 126th annual Christmas Bird Counts got underway on Dec. 14, with teams of birders attempting to count all the birds ...

Getting inventive can also help entice new birders, Jimenez says. Rather than barrage newbies with names and numbers, set ...

Virginia’s winters can feel completely different depending on which part of the state you are in. While in the Appalachian Mountains, you’ll have cold air, snow, and extended periods that feel like ...

Meet the recognizable and beloved northern cardinal. Get cardinal bird facts, including why male cardinals are red, and where ...

Singing at dawn also serves as vocal training. Birds lose some precision during rest, and those first songs help them regain control. It’s their warm-up before the day’s challenges begin. The early ...

They say that hindsight is 20/20, and though the theory of ecological speciation—which holds that new species emerge in response to ecological changes—seems to hold in retrospect, it has been ...

A gardener managed to capture a special moment in her yard and was keen to share it with her TikTok followers. As iconic as sunflowers are, they're also facing threats. Wild sunflowers in Georgia are ...

As spring begins, so does a fresh song at daybreak, unique to the season. Just before the sun rises, birds start singing their melodies, creating a chirpy symphony. “It's the epitome of spring,” says ...

Bemus Bay bass are plentiful during weekday outings, with special flavor to early day fishing with snag-free plastic worm rigs. Photo by Forrest Fisher The sunrise had the hills over the eastern shore ...

Light pollution makes birds work overtime. A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution from human development can lengthen the time birds spend singing by nearly an ...