It's always fun to watch birds perched on your backyard trees or feeding stations. And if they happen to be a rare sight in your area? You could easily spend a few hours looking up their ID, logging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Birdwatching often feels like a test of patience where the final exam involves distinguishing between ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. Well, if ...

I always get this question — or a variation of it — from at least a few folks about this time of year: “A strikingly beautiful bird is coming to my feeder. It has a big red spot on its white breast, ...

Stacie Birky Greene’s relationship with birds started as a kid, growing up on a farm with ducks and chickens. Years later, she was listening to a story on NPR about the use of pesticides in a village ...

Even though Rhode Island is the smallest state in the country, it has a lot of different habitats, from woods to wetlands, to beaches, to urban and suburban areas. This means the state supports a ...

A bright red bird is one of the most eye-catching wonders of nature. Beyond their beauty, there is a reason behind that pop of color. Male birds are typically the brightly colored ones, which helps ...