Scientists have found a variety of mutant butterflies in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster. Hat-tip to my mom.

Two big bits of online birding news! 1. The American Birding Association has announced the launch of Birding News, which will be their takeover...

When choosing a national bird many countries choose instantly recognizable members of their avifauna which is often a wise idea. After all, if a...

A man in Chicago was surprised to see Michael Jackson looking back at him from a dollop of bird poop that landed on the...

A proposed runway expansion to Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia, threatens one of only two remaining populations of Eastern Ground Parrot in the...

July was the hottest month on record in the lower 48 states of the United States. Drought grips much of the nation’s west. And we...

In my recent post about birding Jamaica Bay’s East Pond I mentioned a very successful Snowy Egret. It caught fish after fish after fish...

With one American birding magazine already having closed its doors this year it would be a real shame to lose another. Julie Zickefoose explains...