A pine warbler, one of the first migratory birds to return to Maine this spring, perches on a branch. Early arrivals like this can be tricky to identify without paying attention to key field marks and ...

What Does a Hermit Thrush Look Like? According to birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman, the hermit thrush looks similar in appearance to the Swainson’s thrush, however, the hermit has a more ...

We do this every day with domesticated species such as dogs or horses: They help us find something or carry us somewhere, and, in return, we provide them with food and shelter. In biological terms, ...

When Jay Falk and Scott Taylor first saw the white-necked Jacobin hummingbird chick in Panama’s dense rainforest, the bird biologists didn’t know what they were looking at. The day-old bird, smaller ...

Every birder knows the wonderful feeling of hearing a new bird, followed by the desire to discover what bird you heard and then the thrill of correct identification. Whether you are a new birder with ...

The Rusty Lark bird that had been missing for 94 years was photographed alive in Africa, surprising scientists and conservationists.