This is officially the world’s smallest owl as it stands only 13-15cm tall (5-6in) or about the size of a European robin. Elf owls predate mainly insects and spiders, but also small mammals, lizards ...

This video follows the last day of a short summer visit to Lake Kerkini, focused on photographing wild birds and other wildlife in the area. It starts early with a 5 a.m. boat trip to the White ...

When Bird and Byron roll into Jammin Java on Dec. 20, the Nashville-based duo promises a night filled with grooves, soul and joyfully unpredictable moments. It’s the band’s first-ever performance in ...

A person in the Washington State has died of avian influenza. It’s the first human death from bird flu in the U.S. since January—but the infection was of a different strain than the one that has been ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A devastating hailstorm that struck Shamrock Island in early November killed over 1,800 water birds, creating both an ecological tragedy and an unprecedented research ...

Researchers in Uganda say the country’s only nesting site of critically endangered Rüppell’s vultures is under threat from hunting, charcoal burning and farming. Two nesting colonies are built on ...

The trajectory of life on Earth has always been predicated by genetic evolution, but two scientists from the University of Maine argue that culture is now the main force shaping our lives. A new study ...

Ari and Junianto began hunting birds as children in the foothills of Java’s Mount Slamet, near their home in Sambirata village. Trapping birds for the illegal wildlife trade became their main ...

Going to the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival this weekend? We’ve got you covered with everything you need to know. People are using buy-now-pay-later options like Klarna and Afterpay to afford items ...

The murky mocha-colored water in Lake Augusta is as off-putting as the source of its pollution: bird droppings, lots of them. Every fall, thousands of migrating double-crested cormorants roost in the ...

Listen closely next time you’re in downtown Olympia. You might be able to hear a strange sound like quacking, barking, chirping and screeching all at once. That’s the sound of the great blue heron, a ...