Arizona’s Grand Canyon, also playing in the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, started its Antelope nickname in 1949, later shortened to the Lopes. A hairy mascot known as the “Purple People Eater” ...

If you want to find an outdoor screen-free family activity, consider birdwatching for kids. It's an easy, low-cost way to ...

There are few birds that can brighten up Sightings like a handsome male evening grosbeak. This stocky robin-sized bird is ...

Immerse yourself in the world of parrots: a kaleidoscope of colour in the canopy, a burst of chatter as a flock gathers, and ...

The Roseate Spoonbill used to be a rare visitor in South Carolina. But as it’s population rebounds and the climate warms, it ...

A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today’s loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...

A backyard flock in Dare County has tested positive for High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu. The ...

When birds feed on nectar from flowers, they do more than just get a meal—they play a crucial role in pollination, transferring pollen from one flower to another. But how well do the shapes of their ...

Most notably, a long, spear-shaped beak. “I think it gave some people ... about the nature of the environments in which birds and other life forms originated and diversified. “Something very different ...

When summer’s bounty of bugs, seeds, and nectar starts to wane, most birds in Colorado seek warmer climes with good food to offer. But one group of birds sticks it out year-round, subsisting on ...