As fall migration for most birds comes to an end, we enter a period that birders call “rarity season.” This is when we often ...

Veterinarian Dr. Alex Crow has shared the five dog breeds he would consider owning himself, and his list includes a mix of ...

Ready to do some bird-watching right from your window? As the leaves start to change and the air gets crisp, your backyard ...

Scientists discovered that bird siblings, not parents, play the biggest role in teaching survival skills and shaping behavior ...

The little tern is the UK's rarest breeding seabird, but nesting projects along their coast sites mean their numbers are ...

In September 2025, an image circulated online purportedly showing a bald eagle and a goose sitting together in a nest protecting their eggs. Snopes readers emailed us to ask wheth ...

Brain plasticity: The brains of canary females maintain the ability to sing throughout their lives, even though the birds do ...

From Moon-gazing rattlesnakes to caterpillars with bizarre headgear—this year's winning photos will surely take your breath ...

In flight a barn owl is silent, the look pale and their blunt head, short tail, and broad and round-tipped wings are visible. Their wingbeats are jerky and stiff. The glide and hover — their legs ...

The most arid corner of Australia is about to burst with life, as Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre braces to reach capacity for just the fourth time in the past 160 years. While the usually-barren salt flats ...

Wildlife chiefs have begun work they hope will help set up a successful breeding season for returning ospreys after only a ...

In 2002, an online database was set up allowing birdwatchers to record their species observations. It is now a vast resource, ...