Black skimmers will sometimes rest on the beach by laying their head and belly on the sand, Koczur said. A casual observer ...

Great Black-backed Gull . The plumage of juvenile and immature great black-backed gulls initially has a complex pattern of ...

For some people, pets birds aren't just beautiful companions but also status symbols. While Indian ringneck parrots or ...

In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring gull.

David Carr highlights the birds, mammals and marine life you might see on vacation from the mountains to the coast.

Cranes are large omnivorous birds that are known to perform elaborate mating dances and vocalizations. Many species exist, ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

One further clue to differentiate between these two birds is the frontal shield: a platelike prolongation of their beaks that reaches up to their forehead. The shield of the moorhen is bright red with ...

A DELIGHTFUL family of oystercatchers has been caught on camera at a Herefordshire beauty spot. The birds, which are on the UK amber list for conservation concern, were spotted on the hunt for a meal ...

I was in a jungle where no humans set foot, and was wearing a black safari hat. My eccentric, mad hatter presence had alarmed, and at the same time, intrigued a male robin ...

The photo of a courageous mother lemur with a baby on her back, taking a harrowing jump in a ravine, won the California ...