T here’s a pretty big variety in the bird world. From tiny wrens and goldfinches to flightless species like ostriches and powerful swimmers like gannets, the birds of planet Earth have a lot of niches ...

The butterfly population in the U.S. has dropped more than 20% over the past two decades. Some species living in Connecticut ...

This is exactly what has happened with Papilio solstitius, a tiger swallowtail butterfly newly recognized as a separate ...

The black heron (Egretta ardesiaca) is found in the wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is part of the egret ...

The white silk nests that are often destroyed by people are actually an important factor in the life of the eastern tent ...

Spring provides an opportunity to visually combine showy blossoms and vivid birds, a delight for birders, and a chance for a photographer to capture, perhaps, the ultimate image.

Tami Gingrich offers a look inside the lifecycle of the American robin — a songbird that should never be taken for granted.

Despite 35 years of awareness campaigns, palm oil plantations still devastate the landscape of this biodiversity hotspot and the animals who depend on native forests.

Columnist Shannon Brennan writes that insects play an enormous role of supporting life on earth and the decline of ...

Approximately 40% of all birds migrate, whether it’s a quick trip to a warmer location or a long, grueling journey. Birds ...

Columnist Shannon Brennan joined one of 16 groups for the annual Big Spring Day bird count, a tradition of counting species ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a ...