The calliope hummingbird, North America's smallest bird, migrates through Utah each summer. A banding event on July 19 at Red ...

From Alaska across southern Canada all the way south to Tierra del Fuego — the southernmost point of South America — ...

A Runestone That May Be North America’s Oldest Turns Up in a Canada Forest Researchers spent years quietly studying a stone carved with 255 runes and the image of a boat found in Ontario.

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The North East, with its pick of ancient woodlands, river valleys, and moor-fringed forests, remains a crucial—albeit fragile—refuge for some of these threatened birds.

9 birds that sing when the world sleeps Northern Mockingbird The Northern Mockingbird is one of the most well-known birds that sings at night in the region of North America.

North America is home to some of the world’s most unique and fascinating birds, many of which can be found nowhere else on Earth. From the coastal wetlands of Florida to the dense forests of the ...