Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

Lawmakers say years of federal efforts to boost the population of northern spotted owls have failed and that it is time to move on.

An unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates, together with others, is creating storm clouds for a ...

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.

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 ...

Lookout Fire burned most of a forest in Oregon. What's unfolding in the aftermath could inform the future of other forests burned as wildfire becomes fiercer and more frequent.

The club is led by Chris Rimmer, director emeritus of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies, which serves as the club’s institutional home.

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.” ...