The northern cardinal doesn't migrate and is one of the common year-round inhabitants of bird feeders in the Twin Cities area and throughout much of southern Minnesota. The species, however, has ...

A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...

You’re outside when suddenly you hear an unfamiliar chirp. Looking around, you wonder, “Is it a squirrel?” “Is it a bat?” And ...

Bird banding at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in South Wellfleet is delicate work, more like jewelry repair ...

But bird tool use goes far beyond corvids. For instance, green herons use twigs, feathers, insects, or even bread to bait fish. The heron tosses its chosen lure onto the surface of a pond and, as soon ...

The fates of 121 nests of Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) in south-western Ohio were determined in 1991 and 1992. Success rate was only 15%, estimated by the Mayfield method. All failed ...

What’s better than a cold winter morning spent birdwatching from your window with a steaming cup of coffee? While many ...

At the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE), researchers and students are studying how wildlife ...

The giant garter snake is now California’s official state snake. Discover its unique traits and habitat challenges.

At this Texas state park, bird lovers get the chance to spot any of the over 300 species that frequent the area and join ...

Clemson’s football team has struggled to bring metaphorical “Death” to its opponents in the “Valley.” But near the stadium, ...

Gary Lee records sightings, banding and rehabilitating a variety of small birds while watching the leaves fall in his weekly column.