My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nightjar, a nocturnal bird species, is a master of disguise. Their grey-brown coloring and streaked feathers help them to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first recorded sighting of a common cuckoo in New York recently created a stir in the birding community. As reported by CBS ...

When we think of bird nests, most of us imagine a simple bundle of twigs tucked in a tree branch. But that common image is just one part of a much bigger story. Around the world, birds have found many ...

Have you ever wondered why birds puff out their necks when they’re scared or threatened? What about other methods birds use to defend themselves against predators? In this article, we’ll discuss why ...