A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...

The coucal kills snakes by battering them against the ground or a branch.

In our complete guide to bird lifecycles, we lead you from nesting and hatching all the way back to the mating season.

There are over 350 species of hummingbirds, but only a little over a dozen visit or stay the U.S. Learning the different ...

Owl Species Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species ...

The Almanack shares a compilation of its five best owl feature stories over the years, pulled from the archives.

A group of 12 African penguin chicks, and one determined adult, are back where they belong after the African Penguin and ...

A pallid Scops Owl, a species rarely seen in India, was rescued from a home in Andheri East late Monday night. The bird, ...

Protesters gathered in their hundreds and were kept well away. They could only wait in agonised terror. When police cut the ...

While snowy owls spend most of their lives near the Arctic, there are times when they might venture south of the Canadian border. “Snowy owls occasionally make their way into Pennsylvania, especially ...

Shoebill birds can reach a height of five feet, but the prehistoric-looking creatures generally aren't taller than people.

Bird banding at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in South Wellfleet is delicate work, more like jewelry repair ...