Avon Lake Public Library, 32649 Electric Blvd., now is part of one of the largest bird tracking networks in North America. In collaboration with the Black River Audubon Society, the library recently ...

A wood thrush gets ready to sing from a high perch at Hickory Hill Park in Iowa City. (Brandon Caswell/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. Twice each year, members of a subspecies of red knots—salmon-colored sandpipers—migrate thousands of miles between their wintering grounds in northern ...

BRADENTON BEACH, Fla. — Four least tern chicks were fitted with tracking bands for officials to keep track of their population and migration patterns. The birds ranged in age from three to four weeks ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has their eyes on the skies with the addition of three bird tracking towers in Colorado Springs. The towers are funded by the zoo, and they say they ...

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in coal mines during the 20th century to detect unsafe carbon monoxide levels ...

The Redwood Region Audubon Society will present a program, “To Southern California, Brazil and Back: First GPS Tracking of Oregon Vesper Sparrow and Western Purple Martin Migration,” with Sarah ...

Birders are flocking together for the annual Christmas Bird Count, a nationwide project created over a century ago to replace hunting traditions with birding. Why it matters: The annual Christmas Bird ...

From his office in New Haven, Yale ecologist Jeremy Cohen experiences the full range of the four seasons, from hot and humid summers to dry and chilly winters. But it occurred to him that many of his ...