Scientists undertook the first comprehensive assessment of how often snakes eat their own, uncovering reports of the behavior ...

Fast, focused and fierce, the Cooper's hawk is built for the chase. Learn what a Cooper's hawk looks like and sounds like and ...

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The first biggie was No. 500, a Varied Thrush in Evanston. And before that, my ...

Swallow-tailed Kites are beautiful birds of prey, threatened by forest habitat loss and human activities. The population of these kites is limited to seven Southeastern U.S. states, with a significant ...

It's not a stretch to say photojournalist Andrew West has photographed pretty much every bird that calls Southwest Florida home. West is a photographer for The News-Press and Naples Daily News. He has ...

A photojournalist for The News-Press and Naples Daily News shared his top picks for bird watching in Southwest Florida. The list includes locations like Six Mile Cypress Slough, HARNS MARSH, Lakes ...

Ghostly white forms drifted like white handkerchiefs on the brisk night breeze, dipping, rising, flapping, turning and tumbling over an inky black ocean. My small sailing boat rocked gently on the ...

Josh Duis of Niles and three other birders were lucky to catch a glimpse of a swallow-tailed kite on Aug. 6 at Warren Dunes State Park. Duis and friends were conducting a hawk watch at Mount Randall ...

Conservation efforts include research on the snail kite, protecting the Florida panther and jaguar, and coral reef preservation. The zoo offers special events like Zoo Lights and collaborates with ...

South Alabama’s swamps, wetlands and prairies are home to one of the most graceful fliers in the bird world. The swallow-tailed kite lurks in the tops of trees and soars over open fields. Like their ...

SANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION The Avian Research & Conservation Institute's (ARCI) Gina Kent snaps a quick photo of the tagging crew. From left, front, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation ...

If you’re in Alabama’s Black Belt this summer, perhaps for this weekend’s birding festival, you’ll almost certainly get to see this haunting bird circling overhead. “It’s like going to an air show ...