As reporters, we are pledged to speak truth to power, to go toe to toe with the mores of the day. Hence, let me say this clearly and unequivocally: If you throw rice at a wedding, and a bird comes ...

Have you ever wondered how our smallest birds, the hummingbirds, are able to migrate thousands of miles between their nesting grounds here in the Northwest and their wintering grounds as far away as ...

Do hummingbirds migrate on the backs of geese? And will rice thrown at weddings really make birds explode? Scott Simon gets to the bottom of some bird myths with Ray Brown, host of "Talkin' Birds." ...

Think birds can’t have much intelligence because of that small brain size? Think again. You’ve likely read about crows using tools, or jays who retrieve thousands of seeds they cached nine months ...

Blame Audubon. Animal behaviorist Timothy Roper says that the renowned naturalist propagated die-hard misunderstandings of birds’ sense of smell. In 1826, he published on the habits of the turkey ...

The fight has centered on the argument that the property had been operated as a construction yard before town zoning came into effect. Police said the vehicle, described as a light-colored sedan with ...