Researchers have found a new "grue jay" bird in South Texas, a hybrid between blue and gray jay birds that is likely the result of shifting weather patterns and climate change.

Bird-watching can be a lot of fun, especially if you're looking to spot rare or infrequent birds in your area. You don't have to be an expert to partake, either. While there are loads of books on the ...

I didn't know what I was getting into when I signed up for my first birding trip. But after years of reporting on rare Texas birds-from the double-striped thick-knee to the cattle tyrant-it felt like ...

In Texas, biologists have documented an extraordinary bird — the natural hybrid offspring of a green jay and a blue jay. Once separated by millions of years of evolution and distinct ranges, the two ...

Birds of a feather flock together, the adage goes. But a rare bird spotted in Texas suggests there's more ornithological intermingling than previously thought. When researchers at the University of ...

After the news broke that the bird was visible, bird watchers across Texas and other neighboring states went to watch the animal This was the first time since 1961 that the animal was spotted in Texas ...

The 27-acre parcel is the second of two key tracts from the Sanderling project. On July 15, Houston Audubon closed on the first—a 25-acre property adjacent to the sanctuary—for $3 million. That ...

Bird watchers across Texas drove to Nixon to get a glimpse of the double-striped thick-knee bird on Sunday, Sept. 14. Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...