Fewer than 2,500 Western snowy plovers remain along the entire West Coast of the United States, and Alameda is lucky enough to host several of the threatened birds. Sharol Nelson-Embry introduces the ...

The deaths of two snowy owls, one in Rhode Island and one in Massachusetts, have saddened bird watchers and left some wondering if the birds were victims of bird flu. A snowy owl was reported dead ...

Last week while leading a photo workshop in warm and sunny Florida, I was walking down a long stretch of beach with my group of photographers in tow. The sun had just come up spreading a warm ...

The other bird, found on Duxbury Beach, was one of the three snowy owls that tested positive for the virus in the Bay State. The division noted that it can take days for initial test results to ...

Forty-two of those, including birds like the Western snowy plover and California least turn, are special status species. The term indicates plants or animals that are threatened, endangered or ...

A new report suggests that more Americans may be walking around with bird flu − and not even know it. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention randomly tested 150 ...

It might be Valentine’s Day – but this weekend is for more than just love birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count is back. Between Feb. 14 and 17, the event invites nature enthusiasts around ...

small birds, waterfowl, gulls, other raptors, and we even had one kill and eat a great blue heron.” Since 1981, he’s rescued over 900 snowy owls from Logan, including 12 this year relocated to ...

CUMBERLAND ISLAND, GA – The oldest known Great Lakes piping plover was recently spotted at her favorite wintering grounds on the Atlantic shore in Georgia. Bird monitors recently spotted ...