The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon. Not, as Linneaus...

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

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

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

Big news about a small bird broke earlier this month when bird researchers from several nations announced that the...

The Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World...

With the Audubon Christmas Bird Count season in full swing here in the Western Hemisphere, one of the birds...

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