Their huge wings allow them to glide on air currents while expending minimal energy, enabling them to spend long periods at sea. They feed on fish, squid, and krill, and can even drink salty seawater.

Piping plovers have made a remarkable recovery in Massachusetts. But the tiny, threatened shorebird is declining in other ...

One year, a sparrow built a nest under the nets over the strawberries. She mastered getting in and out and obviously enjoyed ...

This edition of the Happy Homestead talks about raising your own laying hens from hatching all the way up to full grown hens ...

The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen ...

New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds—with chicks dying after becoming entangled in ...

Gardeners are being warned to take care when cutting back hedges this month as they could be breaking the law - and face an ...

A young eaglet can gain as much as 170 grams (six ounces) per day — the fastest growth rate of any bird in North America.

What Do Cardinal Eggs Look Like? There are a few ways to identify Northern cardinal eggs. First, look at their general color. The eggs of these birds come in hues of off-white, such as grayish white ...

Spectacled Weavers often build very long nest entry tunnels which hang below the nest. These can be up to 60cm long in some cases. The longer the tunnel the more protection the eggs and chicks have ...

A CLOSED canal bridge will remain shut until at least August due to nesting swallows. Parkend Swing Bridge, near Moreton Valence, was closed on April 25 after a safety inspector deemed the bridge ...

When a pair of Himalayan magpies decided to trust Avay Shukla and family, neither party could have foreseen what lay ahead ...