Here’s something to tweet about (whether you’re on X or not). A rather “fascinating species” has just been crowned 2026’s ...

This cutie pie is actually bold, resilient, and tougher than it looks—and there’s a reason it just took the top honor.

This sparrow (mono­­typic genus) feeds on bare or sandy ground. When flushed, it flies to a high perch. Few other sparrows are likely to fly high overhead during daylight. They call both when flushing ...

For some birds, a wide-open field is the only place they are comfortable, and they spend their life avoiding trees. Some of these field birds probably never sit on a tree branch. Their special niche ...

A new paper by Dr. Jeremy Ross from the University of Oklahoma describes the use of tiny devices strapped to birds' backs called geolocators, which capture the individual migration routes of lark ...

MADISON — The hefty horned lark has been crowned the winner of Fat Bird Week. Just as Katmai National Park and Preserve has "Fat Bear Week," Wisconsin just concluded its first-ever "Fat Bird Week," ...

The lark bunting was designated the state bird of Colorado in 1931. Why was this bird chosen to be the Colorado state bird? The answer I found was that the lark bunting was chosen because their ...

I am guilty of a statement concerning a group of birds of our area. The statement is that these small birds are sometimes overlooked or ignored by observers (myself included) searching diligently for ...