It's always fun to watch birds perched on your backyard trees or feeding stations. And if they happen to be a rare sight in your area? You could easily spend a few hours looking up their ID, logging ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A clear window bird feeder filled with sunflower seeds. - GS23/Shutterstock Attracting colorful songbirds to your yard is ...

Chipping Sparrow, Female Bird Winner, United States and Canada, Boise, Idaho; Chipping Sparrows can be found in summer from coast to coast and from central Alaska to Central America. The National ...

This time of year, there are a lot of seasonal visitors to our nation's capital — the avian kind, that is. Washington, D.C., is rated as having the nation's best city park system, and migratory birds ...

Superb starlings help care for the offspring of birds they are not related to. “To me, that sounds like friendship,” one scientist said. By Asher Elbein True friends, most people would agree, are ...

The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is one of the few animals that spends its entire life at high elevations. USFWS / A. LaValle The Mount Rainier white-tailed ptarmigan is specialized to dwell ...

Bald eagles are an integral part of Alaska nature and when you’re in Sitka you MUST visit THE place that is both a rehabilitation center and a sanctuary for them. The Alaska Raptor Center is much more ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analyzing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers discovered ...

Cottage-style gardens are not only carnivals of color, texture, and fragrance: They also attract pollinators and birds, increasing biodiversity and providing a pleasing atmosphere for nature lovers.