Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Getty Images Sightings of Brood X cicadas are popping up all over the eastern U.S. Reports of the bulbous-eyed ...

Have you noticed that birds seem to keep a low profile this time of year? “I’ve had people ask me why they don’t see mockingbirds around in August,” said Sylvia Gallagher, chairwoman of bird ...

Researchers scanning satellite images of West Antarctica stumbled onto clusters of emperor penguins gathered on fast ice to ...

The tall black-and-white residents of Antarctica, who waddle around its icy landscape, are in peril thanks to the rapidly warming global climate. Emperor penguins go through an annual transformation ...

Summer is a busy time for birds. The adults must help their new brood(s) of youngsters learn valuable life skills so they survive the coming winter; many species change their diet from insects to ...

Explore the colors of songbird migration in a photo essay that displays the ways distance and timing affect plumage. In late summer and autumn, millions of birds fly above our heads, often at night, ...