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

Learn all about the western cattle egret, a bird often found in pastures alongside cows. See what the species looks like and ...

The Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a grassland species most common in the fields of Central Kentucky. It is ...

Palaeognaths include emus and ostriches, and can reach 9 feet tall and weigh upwards of 300 pounds. They are more known for ...

An endangered crow, found only in Hawaii, is flying free again. The alala has survived only in captivity after almost going ...

Seen as harbingers of death and disease, staples of horror films and Halloween decor, vultures actually play an important ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

First banded in 1956, the Laysan albatross has become a mother once again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge ...

When you think of a bird’s nest, you probably picture a cozy little home tucked high up in a tree. But guess what? Not all ...

Have you seen that meme? The one that says “I’m not an early bird or a night owl but some sort of perpetually exhausted pigeon.” Yeah. I can relate. I think a lot of us are feeling tired right now.