The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon. Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even,...

Across the world’s northern oceans, 24 species of auklets, murres, puffins, guillemots, and related seabirds make a living catching food beneath the waves and...

It’s mid-July, which among other things means that those of us in North America are starting to check local mudflats for returning shorebird migrants...

What are the world’s most distinctive birds? That question could be answered in several ways, but a new paper released this month — Global...

Big news about a small bird broke earlier this month when bird researchers from several nations announced that the species formerly known as Spotted...

The Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America,...

With the Audubon Christmas Bird Count season in full swing here in the Western Hemisphere, one of the birds on my mind is Golden-crowned...

Over the past two weeks, an incursion of Snowy Owls (Bubo scandiacus) has spread rapidly across the Great Lakes region and down the Atlantic...