The title of the world's most beautiful bird is often given to the Resplendent Quetzal, native to Central America. Learn why ...

A version of this article originally appeared in Condé Nast Traveler España. This story is translated from the Spanish by John Newton. Anyone who loves bird watching can tell you that, depending on ...

Open door, SIlver Award Winner, Comedy Bird Photo category; An Eastern Screech-Owl leans out the ‘window’ of its home in Clearwater, Florida. The Bird Photographer of the Year has announced the ...

Some are special to the country they’re from, while others are lucky enough to be chosen to represent multiple countries. I’m looking at you, golden eagle and Andean condor. Nonetheless, they’ve all ...

Chipping Sparrow, Female Bird Winner, United States and Canada, Boise, Idaho; Chipping Sparrows can be found in summer from coast to coast and from central Alaska to Central America. The National ...

A wildlife photographer has beautiful pictures of graceful sword-billed hummingbirds. Andy Rouse captured the birds—famed for ...

The most beautiful aspect of the world we live in is the diversity within our animal kingdom. Birds are particularly colorful, many with a unique pattern of markings that makes it hard to believe they ...

Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one scientist said. By Asher Elbein True friends, most people would agree, are ...

A critically endangered New Zealand parrot is receiving much needed help. The flightless Kākāpō, though once widespread in the region, has seen devastating population losses. The usual culprits are at ...

Dr. Trish O'Kane shares her journey of birding and environmental activism in a new memoir, "Birding to Change the World." You know that joy you feel when you see a bird? For educator Dr. Trish O’ Kane ...