When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several species that once thrived ...

Conservationists in the U.K. are celebrating after a pair of rare birds successfully bred, marking the first time in years the species has hatched chicks in the country. As the Halstead Gazette ...

Texas birders have been treated to an unusual streak of sightings this year, including species that rarely, if ever, make an appearance in the state. In September, a double-striped thick-knee was ...

New Zealand's rarest birds have seemingly come back from the dead. For decades, they were thought to be extinct until tiny populations were rediscovered, the holdouts that survived against the odds.

On a 2009 hike in the Huachuca Mountains of southeastern Arizona, a group of birders heard an otherworldly, ethereal bird song floating, flute-like, through the canyon. The hikers identified the ...

If you're lucky, your garden might provide food, shelter or nesting sites for rare bird species. Learn about some of these ...