This tweet-heart is getting a happy ending. A beloved bright-green-and-yellow parakeet named Mei Mei who spent 10 weeks living with a flock of sparrows in the wilds of Central Park now has a forever ...

Periodically, a news story comes across my iPad that I just can’t stop thinking about. This story started like this: “On February 21 police officers were dispatched to a bar.” That opening line drew ...

As a birder in New Jersey, I rarely have to travel outside the boundaries of my state to see amazing birds. Bird habitats of ...

Some birds that mimic humans can only say a few words or phrases. For instance, crows in captivity often repeat words like ...

Nanday parakeets have stuck to the canyons around Malibu, so it’s not clear how they got there.

At a quiet street intersection in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, the imposing figure of a pine tree is only outweighed by the massive collection of sticks and twigs carefully placed on its branches ...

I am not a native of Southern California. Since moving here over a decade ago, I have heard stories of the infamous wild parrots that are heard long before they are seen. Yet, I have never seen any ...

The South Island takahē is a bird presumed extinct for 50 years, but it made a comeback. It is still a vulnerable species.

A rare species prized by birders in Southern Arizona has been unceremoniously stripped of its elegance, and at least one local expert isn’t happy about the change. A leading panel of taxonomists ...

From the iridescent purple sunbird to the gregarious rose-ringed parakeet, the country is teeming with beautiful avian life ...