Birds Who Ride Winter Gravy Train See Benefits in Spring
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A new study suggests that even if backyard feeding stops at winterâs end, it has a carry-over effect on birds later in the spring.
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Amid an intense lobbying effort by energy and ranching interests in the West, a team of Interior Department biologists has recommended that the sage grouse, a bird
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Dog-walking could be having a dramatic impact on local bird life, a study suggests.
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Using special tags, scientists have learned where gray-headed albatrosses fly between mating seasons. The finding may aid 19 threatened species.
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By Heath, David  The whooping crane (Grus americana), North America's tallest bird and a species that once seemed doomed to extinction, is showing signs of progress, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials.
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Chickadees, cardinals and titmice are common visitors to a snowy bird feeder. But hummingbirds? That's what Janet Allen saw last year in her yard in suburban Syracuse. For several days in dreary November, a young ruby-throated hummingbird shivered on a snow-laced feeder, sipping sugar water when it should have been flitting among tropical blossoms in sunny Mexico.
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With its great plains of concrete and endless shopping malls, Long Island would seem an unlikely location for wildlife research. Yet this winter a team of waterfowl biologists will follow
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Hundreds of miles above the Arctic Circle, biologists working in the frosty marshes of Alaska's North Slope are keeping a lookout for migratory birds that might bring a deadly avian flu strain to the United States.
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The first birds of the year have tested positive for West Nile Virus in Vermont. State health officials say the birds were collected in Chittenden County earlier this month.
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By Bob Lamb | Tribune Outdoors Editor, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--If there is one fish species that has been the biggest surprise this winter, it may be perch.
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German scientists plan to help endangered geese find a safer passage for their winter migration south from Finland and Sweden by making them believe that a light aircraft, which will lead the way, is their ...
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Last year&#39;s Christmas Bird Count in Missouri turned up a green heron, rarely seen in the state in the winter. Randy Korotev, one of the organizers, has no idea what birds will delight this year&#39;s counters.
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By Michelle J. Lee; Journal Environment Writer  A warm November - and so far, December - means hummingbirds can still find food and your azaleas may have begun to show buds.
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As the first signs of winter push into the US Northeast, American researchers have some good news for fair weather fans - spring is coming earlier than it used to.
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If it seems quiet in your back yard these days, it&#39;s probably because so many species of birds have flown the coop, bound south on their migratory journeys.
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The Calayan Rail, Gallirallus calayaensis, discovered by scientists in the northern tip of Babuyan islands in the Philippines archipelago. Photo: Des Allen/AP.
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By BOB HAYWOOD  A QUIET revolution among the birds and the bees is changing the face of wildlife in the Midlands.   This year's blazing hot summer - against a background of global warming - has brought exotic new species to the region which have not been seen for centuries, or ever.