Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sandhill cranes can be spotted in many states, but in the 1930s their populations had crashed to a few dozen breeding pairs in the ...

Texas birders have been treated to an unusual streak of sightings this year, including species that rarely, if ever, make an appearance in the state. In September, a double-striped thick-knee was ...

This wildlife filmmaking journey follows the patient search for rare black storks nesting high in a remote mountain forest.

On a 2009 hike in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona, a group of birders heard an otherworldly, ethereal bird song floating, flute-like, through the canyon. The hikers identified the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Tom Langen, Clarkson University (THE CONVERSATION) When I started bird-watching as a ...

Vagrant birds could be the start of populations adapting to changing habitats and might actually be a critical part of the cycle of range expansion in migratory birds,” Van Doren said. “You could ...