Scientists are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to count barn owl chicks by the sound of their calls to avoid ...

The Earth is full of remarkable species, and the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) is certainly one of them. This small ...

Few people pay much attention to woodpeckers. Either they are just things that live out there, or they are homewreckers.

Lodges in Botswana's Okavango Delta have long prioritized function over form. But a new wave of high-design lodges is ...

Macroom Tidy Towns volunteers have been out and about during recent weeks undertaking much-needed weeding and a general clean ...

Attract them to your yard with a hummingbird feeder that stores nectar, or plant flowers such as bee balm, hostas, petunias, ...

Yes, I love finding something neat and interesting on any of my Times News walks or hikes, but seeing a new bird for the year ...

It doesn't take a safari or a remote jungle trek to witness wild animals in their natural settings. Across the U.S., ...

I was kind of offended on the alligator’s behalf with the way they talk about them,” she said. “I don’t think the alligator wants its name attached to the word Alcatraz.” ...

A federally licensed bird bander named Alexander Lauber installed a wooden owl box in a cherry tree in my backyard. Owl boxes re-create the tree cavities where owls nest in nature.

Unlike many bird species, burrowing owl chicks are born altricial—helpless, with their eyes closed and covered in white down. After about two weeks, the young owls begin emerging from the burrow to ...

The birds produce the sticky substance from enlarged salivary glands during breeding season, which hardens into a cement-like material when exposed to air. These translucent white nests are the ...