Of all the marvels of the natural world, few are as astonishing as the common swift (Apus apus). These small birds spend ...

While it's mid-winter, there is a lot going on in what's also known as the 'extended photoperiod' that is a sure sign of ...

This is owl season. The wintering snowy and short-eared owls are here and one merely needs to follow the crowd of ...

Nightingales sing with human-like rhythm, adjusting pitch and timing during nighttime song duels reveling how real-time vocal ...

Long ago, I decided to take my niece and nephew to the movies as a treat and one I quickly regretted as my niece complained ...

The Alaskan Independence Party dates back to the 1970s, when it was founded by a serial political candidate who advocated for ...

The nest parasites get a bad rap for making other birds raise their young, but study by study, Mark Hauber and his “Cowbird ...

The nest parasites get a bad rap for making other birds raise their young, but study by study, Mark Hauber and his “Cowbird ...

Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed ...

Correction: A previous version of this article described the kākāpō as almost blind. It has nocturnal vision. Originally ...