“S umer is icumem in,/Lhude sing cuccu ” – or “Summer is here,/Loudly sing, cuckoo” – are the opening lines of a much-anthologised medieval poem-song. Well, summer is just about done now and we’ve had ...

One of the more fascinating aspects of bird migration is the extreme heights at which birds often choose to travel.

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These photos showcase some of the intricately created birds' nests found in the Natural History Museum in Tring, UK, home to ...

I repeated a column from 2009 that tried to answer the question of what is the rarest bird that I have seen. I promised that I would update ...

As the height-of-summer floral abundance fades, goldenrods and asters fill the landscape with hits of yellow, purple, pink ...

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.’ – Harriet Beecher Stowe What happens when an ...

The island of Hispaniola boasts a wide array of native Caribbean birds like the mangrove cuckoo, bananaquit and palmchat—all ...

Many years ago, I was told that some people call Israel the 51st state; I think of it as the cuckoo bird state. The common cuckoo relies on mimicry to locate and lay its eggs in sometimes smaller ...

Yellow-billed cuckoo This charming warbler is common in Marion County except in the heat of summer. Mostly yellow, it is distinguished from other warblers by its unusual face pattern. This male has ...

Bugs’ parental instincts run the gamut and in many cases, have evolved out of a necessity to defend against a variety of ...