For more than a century, the Bird Banding Laboratory has placed small metallic bands on the legs of birds across North America. Each year, the lab receives thousands of reports ...

The European mantis (Mantis religiosa) or praying mantis is a species of praying mantis native to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Next time you hear hooting and it sounds like “Who’s coming for dinner,” take a look in your garden or backyard to determine ...

Glass collisions are the second-leading human-related cause of bird deaths in North America — cats outdoors are the No. 1 cause of human-related bird deaths.

Yes, I love finding something neat and interesting on any of my Times News walks or hikes, but seeing a new bird for the year ...

Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park is located in Middle Brook, Missouri, approximately 100 miles southwest of St. Louis. The park ...

Fakahatchee Strand (go ahead, practice saying it a few times – fuh-kuh-HATCH-ee) is the kind of place that makes you forget ...

Tompkins County in New York State is arguably the best birded county in North America. Cornell University, with its Cornell Lab of Ornithology located there in Ithaca, has produced numerous ...

A rare Triassic fossil site reveals North America's oldest known pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, in what was once a ...

Normally when I go out to capture an animal in distress, I must rely on myself. Calls rarely come in when several people are ...

Purple martins are gorgeous backyard birds, known for their iridescent feathers and mid-sky acrobatics. As North America’s ...

After years below ground, a cicada bursts from its exoskeleton in this remarkable video showing nature’s power to transform.