The Bald Eagle’s undeniable majesty has earned it longtime status as the mascot of the United States, but the bird also has some surprisingly quirky traits, like its dicey aerial courtship routine or ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my binoculars to get a better look at the bird, a lifer for me, and that’s when I ...

The first week of the second Trump presidency featured a firehose of executive orders targeting climate programs, environmental justice efforts, and much more. One order stood out because it was ...

Despite their luminescent glow, lightning bugs have remained a conservation mystery until relatively recently. Now ...

Sia stores hundreds of thousands of feathers from more than 200 species in a warehouse offsite. Rehab groups, zoos, and falconers help maintain the supply. Sia fulfills requests from around 150 tribes ...

There’s encouraging evidence, though, that restoring habitat can help Piping Plovers thrive even in places that were once degraded. As soon as state and federal partners removed invasive plants and ...

Biologists are using the devices to better understand the bird's behavior and, ultimately, what might be driving our most ...

To give new life to shoreline habitats, a growing number of projects are harnessing the reef-building power of oysters.

When my husband and I moved to Eagle Heights in Madison, Wisconsin, last December, we were caught off guard. In many ways, Eagle Heights had everything you would expect from a residential area in a ...

Support hummingbirds with these nectar-rich plants.One of the best ways to attract hummingbirds to your landscape is to add native plants that are rich in nectar and bloom during different parts of ...

Humans have long been captivated by migratory birds, awed by the animals’ biannual treks between their breeding and wintering grounds. A new digital platform, the Bird Migration Explorer, brings this ...