Despite their luminescent glow, lightning bugs have remained a conservation mystery until relatively recently. Now ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my binoculars to get a better look at the bird, a lifer for me, and that’s when I ...

The Bald Eagle’s undeniable majesty has earned it longtime status as the mascot of the United States, but the bird also has some surprisingly quirky traits, like its dicey aerial courtship routine or ...

A new push for more oil and gas drilling, mining, and logging threatens irreparable damage to irreplaceable habitats.

The increasingly popular gadgets, which take photos of avian visitors, are turning at-home birding into a shared experience.

A Comanche-led conservation project takes on an increasingly urgent mission: protecting the birds revered by many tribes while preserving traditions at the heart of their culture.

This long-distant migratory songbird is more often heard than seen during its quick stop on its breeding grounds in Alaska's boreal forest before heading all the way back to Argentina.

On a cool spring morning, soon after the sun’s rays illuminate a deep, wooded canyon in southern Arizona, nearly two dozen people wearing binoculars embark on a chase for a stunning, secretive bird.

The celebrated actor can now add author to her list of accolades after publishing “Turning to Birds,” a memoir-in-essays about falling in love with the avian world.

Here’s what we know.Environmental conditions are changing in the Everglades. This is especially the case in Florida Bay, where 90 percent of Florida’s Roseate Spoonbills once raised their young. But ...

The newly-restored Great Meadows Marsh in Stratford hosts UConn, Yale students and local scientists looking to learn more about climate change and healthy habitats.