The massive annual spring migration of America's birds – millions of them – is underway. Here's how to follow along at home.

Purple martins are returning from South America. The first "scouts" have been spotted in Michigan. What to know.

During the peak of the spring migration, over over billion birds will take flight each night. Here's how to help them through ...

Peak bird migration is about to start in Colorado and around the country. Here are tools for tracking and identifying the ...

Purple martins, known for their glossy plumage, have returned to Michigan after wintering in South America. The first sightings, known as "scout" birds, were reported in mid-March, marking the ...

Even among migratory birds, the red knots' migration is harrowing. Running from South America to the furthest tip of Greenland, it's a journey of more than 9,000 miles. "Those birds gather in ...

The New World and African parrots are distributed from Central and South America to the Congo basin’s tropical forests to the open woodland and savanna of southern Africa. Primarily composed of green ...

On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like much: drab brown feathers, a slender beak, and a ...

Researchers sequenced the DNA of Cuban blue-headed quail dove, expecting clear origins. Instead, they found it has no close ...

In March of 1975, an extremely rare Ross's Gull was confirmed for the first time in the Lower 48. The sighting and the frenzy ...