This year’s count was highlighted by the presence of a record number of chipping sparrows being seen. In addition, a merlin ...

Unlike the predecessor SR-71, the SR-72 will be designed to operate autonomously, underscoring the emergence of unmanned systems in war fighting. When an airframe is named in reference to the SR ...

The warm, dry fall and early winter allowed several lakes in our area to remain relatively ice-free, and that provided the ...

Other unusual species Lambeth cited included ruddy duck, for the third time, and Brewer’s blackbird, for the fourth time. In addition, “exceptionally high” numbers of ring-necked pheasants ...

It was never the night. Maybe, once, a small black bird flushed by our footsteps flew low across the beam of my headlamp — could it be? Maybe. Probably not. Do black rails ever flush like that?

Generations of Americans have seen the bald eagle on the backs of the quarters they put in vending machines and the rugs fictional presidents step on in political dramas. But until Monday, it wasn ...

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President ...

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round, tank-like shells, they trundle out of the Delaware Bay under the first full moon in May to mate and lay their eggs. The birds soon follow.

Public concern over bird flu ratcheted up this week as the H5N1 virus continued its sweep through the nation's dairy and poultry farms and the first American was hospitalized with a severe infection.