North Carolina’s most common hummingbird — the Ruby-throated hummingbird — is slated to make an appearance in a few weeks, ...

A team of Department of Environment and Natural Resources technical staff excitedly peered through a bird-watching telescope. Their subject: a tiny brown-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon gularis) perched ...

Marilyn Weiler treated the Monday Senior Lunch Bunch to an hour of curious and humorous bird sayings and expressions on Feb.

The great argus was named after the “hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology ” because of the “intricate eye-like patterns on ...

Goetze: A large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location one afternoon.

What the dodo symbolizes has changed over time. It has been, variously, a parable, a joke and a warning. When we see it as an ...

Researchers discovered that 37 out of 45 known species of birds of paradise possess biofluorescence, emitting green or yellow ...

The arrival of March heralds wondrous happenings when it comes to nature and wildlife. The feeling can be likened to ...

By: Susan Andrews   Snow Storm Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter “Winter is come in earnest and the snow In dazzling splendour – crumpling underfoot Spreads a white world ...

Looking up, we were astonished to see Cooper’s hawks overhead, jumping from branch to branch and making all that noise, four ...

A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.

Research suggests that free-moving panels on aircraft wings can improve stability, reduce turbulence, and add fuel efficiency ...