When you envision a black bear, you may picture our state’s second largest mammal as being a big, meat-eating killer. Technically, black bears are omnivores. Omnivores eat plants and animals. But did ...

Grackles are large blackbirds that have a reputation as bullies at feeders. There are three types of grackle birds to look ...

Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...

A team of University of Missouri doctors and vet students is treating a rare injured hawk found in southeast Missouri.

Tami Gingrich has had many experiences with the Cooper's hawk, including banding them, watching one eat her chicken and ...

A brightly colored bill can be one of the best clues when identifying birds, and red-beaked species are some of the most ...

During guided outings in a small motorboat along a Malaysian river, we would also see purple herons, endangered storks, and — a highlight of the trip — an orangutan.

Bird flu has killed at least four snowy owls in Massachusetts in recent weeks, adding the graceful white and black-patterned ...

These cold, windy February days keep some of us older folks indoors trying to stay warm. Recent snowfalls have finally turned ...

I have enjoyed seeing a new visitor at my bird feeding station. A beautiful male Eastern Towhee has decided to hang out at the Mahaffey’s for awhile instead of migrating further south. Slightly ...