Known for their bright blue eggs, American robins are a familiar sight hopping across lawns in search of worms, fruit, and ...

Heard a chirp or spotted a flutter? These free apps identify backyard birds by sight or sound — no binoculars or in-depth ...

Birds, more than other animal groups, have had a horrific time with extinction, especially over the past several hundred years. Here’s one uniquely American example. The extinct heath hen (Tympanuchus ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — is having a moment. The ...

"In 2017, we started creating our new master plan exhibit and this was the last of those new exhibits we created," Kevin Hodge, vice president of animal programs at the zoo, told Chron. "It's birds ...

You often hear about rare birds. People who are involved in conservation spend a lot of time thinking about them, and that’s certainly true for the two of us. We’re big advocates for whooping cranes, ...

An annual winter bird count has taken place for more than 100 years. Some Oklahomans have created a family tradition out of ...

A newly published study has found that nearly 75% of bird species in North America are sharply declining across their ranges, and eight in 10 plummeting in the very areas where they’re thought to be ...

SAN DIEGO — A name change is coming to dozens of species of well-known birds this year — all in a push by the American Ornithological Society to remove human names and swap them with more useful, ...