If you've confused these two lookalikes before, you're not alone. Here's what the moths have in common with hummers, how they ...

The story of a gruesome half-owl, half-person that eats human hearts is so dreaded that few will even talk about it—as I ...

In a new paper, researchers recorded bears in Alaska increasingly turning to eider and guillemot eggs and chicks as sea ice ...

As America celebrates its 250-year anniversary, the Liberty Bell pavilion in Philadelphia is hosting millions of people from across the country. Recent upgrades, however, were designed to accommodate ...

This dark, long-bodied diving bird floats low in the water with its thin neck and bill raised; perches upright near water with wings half-spread to dry. The Double-Crested Cormorant (which rarely ...

This incredibly long-billed sandpiper is the largest shorebird in North America; but more often than not, it is seen away from the shore. The Long-billed Curlew spends the summer on the grasslands of ...

In leafy woodlands of the East, the Rose-breasted Grosbeak often stays out of sight among the treetops. However, its song -- rich whistled phrases, like an improved version of the American Robin's ...

Related to the typical falcons, but very different in shape and habits. The Crested Caracara is a strikingly patterned, broad-winged opportunist that often feeds on carrion. Aggressive, it may chase ...

Along quiet streams or shaded riverbanks, a lone Green Heron may flush ahead of the observer, crying 'kyow' as it flies up the creek. This small heron is solitary at most seasons and often somewhat ...

A large falcon of the arid west. The Prairie Falcon is nearly the size of the famous Peregrine Falcon, but differs in its hunting behavior, often pursuing small prey with rapid, maneuverable flight ...

Cowboys sometimes called these owls 'howdy birds,' because they seemed to nod in greeting from the entrances to their burrows in prairie-dog towns. Colorful fiction once held that owls, prairie-dogs, ...

We protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Audubon is responding to the greatest challenges facing birds and people today while anticipating the issues—and opportunities—of ...