Spring usually unfolds slowly, carefully, like the wings of a monarch butterfly as it labors into its new life after escaping its pupa. This year, spring exploded, like the seeds of a ...

Climbing biologists like Campbell-Spickler are experts at using rope-access techniques to safely enter nests built in tree ...

A project from Mass Audubon pays farmers to change their mowing schedules to encourage grassland birds to nest and raise their young.

First, the bird has too many nicknames to count, and from timberdoodle, to bog sucker, there's not a single one that won't make you chuckle. Then there's the way it moves... When you take every ...

I bet you didn't know there was an awards ceremony for birds in New York. There is, and the one that won the "funniest" category is perfect. Meet the American Woodcock bird. It lives here in New York ...

Despite the dangers of these chemicals, they are still used extensively in treating pet fleas and ticks. Study makes ...

This is a great time of year to see birds’ nests. A search for bird nests is like an archaeological dig, without the ground and without the dig. Shrubs and trees are naked, allowing an open ...

Edible bird’s nest is made by a species of cave-dwelling swiftlets. Weaved from their saliva and harvested in caves and man-made nesting houses, bird’s nests are then painstakingly cleaned ...

The Eurasian Woodcock is a plump, cryptically coloured wading bird with a long, straight bill. Its upperparts are mottled with shades of brown, rufous, and black, providing excellent camouflage in ...

Even the best clothing camouflage patterns don’t match Mother Nature’s ability to conceal the birds and mammals that thrive ...