When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The ...

And it’s exactly what happened this year the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. As 2025 comes to a close, here are a few bite-sized stories that capture both the ...

KEY WEST, Fla. — A 170-pound loggerhead turtle nicknamed “Molly” was back home in the warm waters of the Florida Keys on Tuesday after a successful surgery to remove a life-threatening tumor inches ...

Birding is a fascinating endeavor. Birders can simply observe birds in their backyards, or they can search the ends of the Earth. Birders can range from almost deity-like in their ability, omnipotent ...

Take a drive across New Mexico’s sweeping plains and you are likely to encounter a songbird whose name suits a slasher film. The butcherbird — or more formally, loggerhead shrike — is rather ...

Florida's beaches—particularly those in Palm Beach County—are among the world's most vital nesting grounds for loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), accounting for 90% of all loggerhead nests in ...

Evolution gave the shrike a songbird’s body but a raptor’s soul. Without the talons of an eagle, it developed a new strategy: impaling prey to kill and cache its meals. This remarkable predator shows ...

KITTITAS COUNTY — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife wants public feedback on the purchase of an additional 3,451 acres to expand the Wenas Wildlife Area in Kittitas County. High elevation ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife wants public feedback on the purchase of an additional 3,451 acres to expand the Wenas Wildlife Area in Kittitas County. High elevation and a good water ...

A 268-pound loggerhead sea turtle named Swim Shady made her triumphant return to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday morning, nearly three months after she was badly injured in a boat collision off Florida’s ...

Juno Beach, Fla. — An endangered loggerhead sea turtle was released Monday morning into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach nearly three months after being hit by a boat. The adult female, named ...