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 ...

Every year, billions of birds undertake intrepid journeys between temperate regions in North America and their tropical ...

Radar data from Colombia reveals how tropical winds shape bird migration and pose new challenges for conservation.

A tropical bird — never reported to have graced the Sunflower State — is now calling Kansas home. Mark Nolen, a Wichita resident and Hutchinson Community College biologist professor who has ...

He had never spotted a new bird in a state for the first time in the roughly 33 years he has bird watched until this year. He also spotted a s laty-backed gull, the first noted in Kansas, on Feb ...

Rare tropical Anhinga bird appears in Colorado for first time in 22 years, attracting excited birdwatchers. Experts suggest a storm may have caused its detour. Skip Navigation.