For eastern phoebes, a single nest requires so much incubating that splitting up the effort is almost sure to fail.

The osprey is in decline in one of its key territories and some scientists blame overfishing of menhaden, an important food for the birds ...

A catbird was skulking around the forsythia in my backyard this morning, but she was stealthy enough to keep their nest a ...

Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, house finch and house sparrow. Here’s a quick bio ...

A catbird was skulking around the forsythia in my backyard this morning, but she was stealthy enough to keep their nest a ...

As I write this column the sun is just coming up over Spread Eagle Mountain in Keene Valley. Astronomically speaking, it is just past summer solstice time, so sunrise comes early. I am bleary still ...

The nestling, which fell from its nest before it could fly, is the latest charge at Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue — where ...

The team is "here to stay," no matter what, lead researcher Keith Bowers said, amid federal funding changes for scientific ...

The wren, meanwhile, continued his rounds, moving from nest box to nest box, laying claim to them all. A female wren, if one ...

These tiny little birds are basically little living disco balls with feathers. During mating season, the male superb ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

The vagrant kelp gull mated with a local herring gull, though the chick did not survive. Experts say it's a "complete mystery ...