Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

With so many bird species visiting our gardens and a variety of feeders and food options available, it can be tricky for ...

Unique, colorful, musical and social, evening and pine grosbeaks are wild birds that tend to be wintertime visitors that we ...

Columnist Bill Danielson explores the challenge of identifying individual birds and the rare moments that make one stand out ...

The study of irruption behavior is difficult, because researchers are dealing with an event that happens irregularly.

Gazing out my window, I see trees and plants painted silver, with tiny diamonds reflecting the rays of the morning sun. The ice storm had slipped through undetected in the dead of night, leaving ...

While much of the recent attention locally has been on the Eagles, a group of volunteers from western Schuylkill County has ...

I am seeing just a few purple finches at the feeders now. Last year, over a dozen were here on many days in January. Some may migrate to the south […] ...

Birdsong is one of nature’s most beautiful and intriguing sounds, but did you know that some calls carry important meanings?

This beautiful snowy owl was one of two seen in the annual Mindemoya Christmas Bird Count. Lynn Thompson MINDEMOYA—2024 marked the 51st anniversary of the Mindemoya Christmas bird count held December ...

A new strain of bird flu (highly pathogenic avian influenza ... earlier this week on its website. The more common H5N1 strain was also found at the same farm, which is located in Merced County ...