Arizona's state bird fends for itself against predators in the desert, making its home in prickly plants. Here's what to know ...

a long white eyestripe, a contrast of colors on its wings and carries a brown tail with some black feathering. A national movement in the late 1920s started the naming of state birds. Arizona ...

If you’ve ever wondered at a ruby-red cardinal or black-capped chickadee flitting about your frozen yard, you know that winter bird-watching ... Look for: The Northern Hemisphere’s largest ducks. The ...

Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy purchased 407 acres in Haywood County to conserve land for wildlife, clean water ...

Researchers and citizen scientists took samples of environmental DNA from saliva on backyard hummingbird feeders and agave ...

The Black Guillemot glides through Arctic waters, its striking black-and-white plumage a stark contrast against icy northern seas ... Winter brings a dramatic transformation, with the bird adopting a ...

For the past eight years, Clark has traveled from the Arizona ... birds healthy in captivity, the artificial nectar they’re fed contains protein powder and other nutrients, seen here as white ...

white ice and blue ice, glacial-ice tongues and ice wedges. There were no living creatures in sight. Not a bear or even a bird. Nothing but him. It was hard to breathe, and each time he exhaled ...

The Arizona Woodpecker is a small, predominantly brown woodpecker with distinctive white spotting on its wings and underparts. Its back is a rich chocolate brown, contrasting with its pale, speckled ...

Dead from bird flu. And it wasn't just elephant seals. There were terns – with their yellow beaks and black heads – stumbling about having ... She arrived at the Punta Delgada beach suited up in a ...

You saw a striking bird ... the northern tier of US states. Different forms show quite a bit of variation in the amount of coloring--red on males, yellow on females. Otherwise, they are about 9 inches ...