A familiar sight in the sky over much of North America is the dark, long-winged form of the Turkey Vulture, soaring high over the landscape. Most birds are believed to have a very poor sense of smell, ...

Take a peek into the always entertaining lives of birds, from intimate moments with mates to fierce fights for territory.

When the mercury drops, birds rely on a variety of strategies to withstand the cold. But one of the most interesting is an ...

But where you live determines more than just whether you see juncos year-round or seasonally; it also determines what type of ...

The bumpy-faced waterfowl can be found across the United States, but in almost all cases the birds are domestic versions of the wild ducks. Here's how to know which is which.

Among the hordes of Sooty Shearwaters off our Pacific Coast, this larger bird is sometimes seen, especially in fall. It is closely related to the Pink-footed Shearwater, and resembles it in shape and ...

This new program, now adopted as Regulation 87, restores protections for wetlands and streams left vulnerable by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett v. EPA decision, which narrowed Clean Water Act ...

Described to science in 1858, Clark's Grebe was soon dismissed as a mere variant of Western Grebe, and thereafter was ignored for over a century. Studies in the 1970s and 1980s showed that Western and ...

A very familiar bird over most of North America, running and hopping on lawns with an upright stance, often nesting on porches and windowsills. The American Robin's rich caroling is among the earliest ...

You'll see more than Atlantic Puffins if you spend some time with this webcam.

A common seabird off our Atlantic Coast, seldom coming close to shore except during storms. Often forages in flocks. Commonly feeds around fishing boats, fighting over scraps and offal, seemingly ...