A North American wading bird has been spotted in Jersey for the first time. The lesser yellowlegs was seen on Monday at The ...

It soars on six-foot wings, graces our currency, and stares out from a thousand patriotic murals. But how much do you actually know about the bald eagle?

Although trogons are a family of tropical birds found mostly south of the U.S. border, elegant trogons have a very limited ...

The US slapped a bald eagle on its official seal back in 1782. Did we pick the right mascot? With 250 years of perspective, ...

Birds, more than other animal groups, have had a horrific time with extinction, especially over the past several hundred years. Here’s one uniquely American example. The extinct heath hen (Tympanuchus ...

The recovery of the bald eagle, the national symbol since 1782, is considered one of the most successful in U.S. and Wisconsin history.

The 66th Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's (AOS) Check-list of North American Birds, published in Ornithology, includes several significant updates to the classification of bird ...

A species that was previously considered lost, the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, was rediscovered in 2022. Doka Nason / American Bird Conservancy Nearly 12,000 species of birds exist in the wild, and ...