The red-flanked bluetail has appeared at a park near the Potomac River, marking only the second time the species has been ...

I finally put up birdfeeders at my new home. I had waited for a couple reasons — one being that I was going to be away a ...

By Harrison Plank The Louisville Cardinals coasted to a dominant victory over Syracuse Friday night to start the Cards' tournament season. Louisville never trailed during the contest. Moving right ...

We explain bilateral gynandromorphism - seen in butterflies, birds, and crustaceans. Half the animal is female, and the other half is male.

Cardinals, blue jays, woodpeckers, and goldfinches will show up fast with sunflower, suet and thistle — but one simple seed swap can send squirrels packing.

When you live your life surrounded by nature, you have to be aware that sometimes forest creatures are going to make their way into your backyard. Some are great to ...

These large, beautiful, long-legged waders add a dimension to the outdoors life in March — and one that is heard now more ...

A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is speeding up for many species.

Maxwell’s “Follow-up Files.” Randy Fine loses an endorsement. Florida may gain a state bird. And the dean of UF’s law school says hiring A.G. James Uthmeier was “in ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the Missouri Conservation ...

New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot, from disappearing, with intensive conservation efforts ...

These women in a male-dominated world were no chickens.