FREEPORT, Maine — The American Birding Association has named its 2025 bird of the year, and it's a bird Mainers are quite familiar with. This year's winner is the common loon. "Loons are big, they're ...

A few fun facts and features about one of Canada's most iconic birds. The post Why the Common Loon is Anything But Common ...

The ferruginous hawk continued at Morris Island in Chatham, where other sightings included a semipalmated plover, 12 black-bellied plovers, 200 dunlin, and 8 Northern harriers.

Opinion: Is anything is going to really catch our attention about climate change to the point we might try not just ...

Charles Darwin predicted the existence of a moth with a long tongue based on a comet orchid's nectar spurs. This was ...

Researchers in China found Baminornis zhenghensis, which lived at roughly the same time as the famous Archaeopteryx but ...

Great Backyard Bird Count” asks people to track the birds they see and hear over a few days. The information can help ...

A red-throated loon swims along the water's surface. Note the coloration and the bill, which is fairly thin when compared to ...

Loons that nest in Minnesota return to their breeding lakes as soon as the ice melts in the early spring. This pair swims in a Canyon, Minn., lake. (Brian Peterson/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

What is avian flu - and how does it spread? Avian flu (more commonly known as bird flu) is an influenza virus most common in wild birds and poultry. It can spread to mammals - and very rarely to ...

The strain had previously been found only in birds and people. Most bird flu infections in dairy cattle in the US have been the B3.13 variant, or what’s become known as the “cattle clade.” ...

The best and worst Chinese takeaways in Hereford according to online reviews have been revealed. Most of the positive ...