T-Shirt Tuesday: Thanksgiving Turkey

We're celebrating the cranes of the world as Crane Week continues! Yesterday we answered a frequently asked question about cranes: Where do cranes live? The answer: Cranes have a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. These tall, long-legged and long-necked birds are found on all continents -- except for Antarctica and...

This Saturday, September 6th, marks International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD). This commemorative day has been celebrated since at least 2009 and aims to highlight the importance of vultures and vulture conservation through education. We'd like to focus on vultures this week through a series of blog posts featuring...

If you’ve ever watched a pigeon strut across a sidewalk, you’ve probably noticed its distinctive head-bobbing walk. It looks quirky, even a little funny, but there’s an important reason birds like pigeons move this way—it helps them see the world clearly as they move. Birds...

Our Bonanza hits the water today with our 477th species, the Common Goldeneye. Common Goldeneyes are sea ducks with a broad global range. They breed across northern forests in Canada, Scandinavia, Russia, and China. They winter across much of North America and...