The Little Rock Zoo announced this week that it had closed its Tropical Bird House to the public in response to confirmed cases of avian flu in Faulkner and Prairie counties amid a nationwide outbreak ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

MANAGEMENT AREA, MIDDLE CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA IS A BEAUTIFUL SPOT, BUT NOT EXACTLY A TROPICAL PARADISE. BUT THEN AGAIN, MAYBE IT IS CERTAINLY NOT A VISITOR. WE’RE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING. THAT ...

CLAY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- A tropical bird was spotted in Pennsylvania for the first time. The Pennsylvania Game Commission said a limpkin, which is mostly found in Florida, the Yucatán Peninsula of ...

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in coal mines during the 20th century to detect unsafe carbon monoxide levels ...

Gouldian finches, endemic to northern Australia, are among the tropical birds that may be vulnerable to extreme heat. Darren Sutherland via Getty Images A recent study has found that extreme heat ...

URBANA, Ill. - The future of the red-capped manakin and other tropical birds in Panama looks bleak. A University of Illinois research project spanning more than three decades and simulating another ...

The color palette of the birds you see out your window depends on where you live. If you're far from the Equator, most birds tend to have drab colors, but the closer you are to the tropics, you'll ...

When you hear about Pennsylvania, does the word “tropical” come to mind? A limpkin, a tropical wetland bird, was spotted in Pennsylvania for the first time in recorded history on July 7. The Miami ...

Little Rock Zoo officials said they are taking steps to protect their birds from the avian flu.

We may be able to thank the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season for carrying a rare sea bird to the North Carolina coast. We may be able to thank the first tropical storm of the ...