The increasingly popular gadgets, which take photos of avian visitors, are turning at-home birding into a shared experience.

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my binoculars to get a better look at the bird, a lifer for me, and that’s when I ...

The Bald Eagle’s undeniable majesty has earned it longtime status as the mascot of the United States, but the bird also has some surprisingly quirky traits, like its dicey aerial courtship routine or ...

Even at age 10, Lili Taylor had an eye for birds. She remembers doodling an advertisement for the birdseed sold at her dad’s hardware store—it featured a despondent-looking creature she dubbed “hungry ...

Although adult trogons also eat fruit, “the chicks need insects,” MacFarland says. “And they have to be large insects, like walking sticks, katydids, large grasshoppers, cicadas. If we’re having a ...

Over 12,000 new plugs have gone into the ground this year, either in areas that weren’t already planted or where there is a good amount of bare ground. This adds up to a total of 177,000 native shrubs ...

While this shift in dietary preference might be surprising, there could be a simple explanation, according to Megan Isadore, executive director of River Otter Ecology Project. “River otters are ...

Only in the last few years would you have imagined seeing the words “ecotourism” and “ranching” in the same sentence. Ranchers have viewed outsiders skeptically, while wildlife enthusiasts have seen ...

This November delegates from more than 170 nations will meet in Nairobi for the latest negotiations toward what experts describe as the most significant global environment pact since the 2015 Paris ...

Roberto Benavidez was always fascinated by the sculptural arts. One of his earliest memories growing up on a ranch in South Texas was of a cousin picking up a handful of clay from a pasture and ...

A juvenile Bald Eagle soars high above Lowell Young on a sunny day in Yosemite National Park. The sight fills the former longtime president of Yosemite Area Audubon Society with admiration as he peers ...

Standing six feet high at the shoulder and weighing as much as 2,400 pounds, an American bison is a force of nature on its own. In a herd? “They’re ecosystem engineers,” says Jason Baldes, tribal ...