While myths about wildlife abound, most are patently false. Bats are not blind; big bears can’t climb trees and birds will not abandon a fledgling touched by a human, among other falsehoods.

Local birders who took part in the 38th Annual Sutton Christmas bird count in York, Durham and Simcoe counted 8,319 birds, up ...

A wildlife trust says gull numbers have been in freefall since the 1970s due to habitat loss.

Lazuli buntings are common breeders from the Dakotas and Nebraska westward to the Pacific states. It is a close relative of ...