Spending time in nature is important for your mental health. But studies show that even just listening to birds singing can ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National ... songbird migration routes, for instance, or species demographics and the reasons for a population’s decline—that help bird conservation.

Neonics—pesticides introduced to plants at the seed stage—act like an appetite suppressant for birds, making them lose weight within hours. White-crowned sparrows like this one are among the ...

The National Aviary and other bird experts are encouraging everyone to turn off or dim unnecessary lights at night.

“Study after study consistently finds that female birds have a lower survival rate,” says Wu. Take a bird flying from the United States to Panama as part of its yearly migration. If female ...

An American Goldfinch spotted just outside the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in ... As Colorado enters its peak bird migration season, forecast to run Sunday through May 18, songbird ...

Millions of birds will be in the skies near you this week. Late April starts peak spring bird migration for South ... Elizabeth Weise is a national correspondent for USA TODAY based in San Francisco.

Have you heard the distinctive call of a red-winged blackbird yet? See an osprey perched by the water? Caught the briefest glimpse of a warbler flitting through the trees? The annual spring ...

OAK HARBOR — Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a series of May events to celebrate the spring bird migration, coinciding with the Biggest Week in American Birding festival. According to ...