If you want to find an outdoor screen-free family activity, consider birdwatching for kids. It's an easy, low-cost way to ...

The Kids’ Winter Bird Count for children ages 7 to 17 runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center, 201 Riviera Drive in Joplin’s Wildcat Park. Jessie Ballard, ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. The Santa Barbara Audubon Society (SBAS) presents a free educational event for children in our community: the 11th Annual ...

Many people love to support their backyard birds with food and water, but they don’t always realize they can also provide nesting materials in spring. However, choosing the right materials can be ...

In a new book, a curator at England’s Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house sparrow to the village weaver—and the lessons they hold for avian conservation ...

The thunder rolled and lightning danced among the jagged peaks as a summer rainstorm soaked the alpine meadows of California’s Sierra Nevada. Our parkas were zipped tight and heads down as we plodded ...