Thousands of snow geese poured over Katy last week in a sight many longtime residents thought they might never see again. On ...

When people think about habitats on Earth, they likely picture forests, oceans or grasslands. Few think to look up. Yet the lower atmosphere, or troposphere, may be the largest habitat on the planet.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists were able to survey the waterfowl landscape last week with no significant delays ...

A letter from Senator John Kennedy says the “unsportsmanlike” practice of hot cropping for mallards is ruining Southern duck ...

As winter settles in to Central Oregon, rivers and managed wetlands offer excellent areas to view waterfowl. “Central Oregon is a great place to see a wide variety of winter waterfowl, including ducks ...

In truth, it is not a paradox. The animals involved all seem perfectly eager participants in heterosexual behaviour, as well, so their reproduction is not compromised. It is, though, a puzzle—for ...

Bad weather has postponed attempts to set up camp on the Thwaites Glacier. So researchers got onto the sea ice and met a ...

A record-setting wave of bald eagles descended on a small area of northwestern Missouri right before the start of 2026.

This column represents my participation in the 126th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Overall in Connecticut 20 CBCs were held from Dec. 14, 2025 to Jan. 4, 2026, part of the world's largest citizen ...

Winter is cold, winter is wind, winter is snow. Winter requires species to evolve, to respond to the snowpack to survive.

Yosemite is under an updated winter storm warning which was released by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 11:33 p.m. The warning is in effect until Monday Jan. 5, at 10 a.m. The NWS Hanford CA ...

Dozens of dead snow geese and other birds have appeared on Delaware beaches, signaling the arrival of bird flu. Officials are treating the dead birds as if they have a high probability of being ...