LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – Raven Ridge takes in birds of all shapes and sizes, but one of their latest admissions is a species they don’t see often. They call him “a unique little patient.” In a ...

Behind a barbed wire fence was a bare-sided bathtub of a flooded gravel pit with nothing much on show. A few round-backed coots dozed close to the shore, a smattering of blobs sat farther out on the ...

More times than not, my attempts to plan ahead so as to get a good view of an animal or bird ends in failure. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to ...

What Does a Horned Grebe Look Like? “Can you identify this bird?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Tommy Sharp of Crossville, Tennessee. Birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say, “Although this swimmer ...

Only decades after its discovery in the high-altitude lakes of Patagonia, Argentina, Hooded Grebe was teetering on the brink of extinction. Since then, the bird with the spectacular courtship dance ...

To celebrate America's 250th anniversary, the Smithsonian is offering a new exhibition that features items from each of the 50 states.

A tawny water fowl that lived in a tiny corner of Madagascar is extinct, wiped out by an introduced species of predatory fish and by nylon fishing nets, conservationists reported on Wednesday. The ...

Waresley, Cambridgeshire: In a near-freezing lake, I’m treated to an up-close view of one of my favourite birds The spring-fed lake is a picture of tranquillity this morning. On the far side, ivy-clad ...