The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is a striking medium-sized finch with a thick, powerful bill. Breeding males display black head, wings, and back, contrasting sharply with white underparts and a distinctive ...

I am seeing just a few purple finches at the feeders now. Last year, over a dozen were here on many days in January. Some may migrate to the south […] ...

Seeds, fruits, fats, nuts and more create a calorie-dense treat for birds. Here’s how to serve suet for birds. Learn what birds eat suet.

A virulent strain of bird flu continues to spread across the world. Australia, New Zealand and Pacific nations are the only countries free from the infection, but this will no doubt change.

President Trump has selected Gerald Parker, a veterinarian and former top-ranking federal health official, to head the White ... is the unprecedented spread of bird flu around the country.

Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu. By Carl Zimmer Carl Zimmer has reported on pandemics since 2009 and is the ...

The red-breasted merganser is a species of diving duck that typically winters in the Great Lakes region “We had a massive reporting of particularly one type of bird, which is a red-breasted and ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

Britain's on a new bird flu red alert after a popular Lancashire seaside beauty spot suffers a suspected outbreak of the deadly avian influenza. Blackpool Council said several swans had died at ...