Take a peek into the always entertaining lives of birds, from intimate moments with mates to fierce fights for territory.

Scientists on a research vessel off the central California coast spotted a waved albatross, marking just the second recorded ...

While many of our region’s colorful birds fly south for the cold months, resident woodpeckers offer a reliable contrast to ...

Learn what an American goldfinch looks like and sounds like and what this bird eats. Also find out why goldfinches look ...

Look for a bright red male scarlet tanager in spring and summer. Learn about this songbird's nest, range map, song and more.

They perch gently on concrete ledges. They nestle into peeling stucco. Occasionally, they soar across a stone house's rooftop.

Feathered friends spread their wings and perched in the limelight Saturday morning as folks got an up-close glimpse of three ...

Birdwatching often feels like a test of patience where the final exam involves distinguishing between a dozen types of small, brown sparrows. We stare into the bushes, squinting until our eyes water, ...

A paper published last year in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface described a feather as a masterpiece of engineering, one comprising nine orders of magnitude, from the nanoscale to the meter ...

Species introductions, whether intentional or accidental, almost always result in negative consequences. Non-native plants and animals introduced to a new area tend to die out or take over, rarely do ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.