Michigan’s magnificent birds are the stars of this nature photography calendar that’s co-branded with the Michigan Audubon for the first time. A common merganser hen landing on the Rapid River with a ...

Millions of birds are expected to take flight across the U.S. Saturday night, Sept. 6, as part of their fall migration, according to a nonprofit that tracks bird migrations, although numbers in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Birds of prey typically fit into a common mold: they are ...

Michigan winters are no joke. The cold settles in, the snow sticks around forever, and the world gets quiet in that deep, frozen way unique to the Great Lakes region. But even in the middle of that ...

Birds, by design, tend to be small, light and streamlined. Yet there are some that push the boundaries of size. Here is the avian world’s best example of an ultra-heavyweight flyer. Birds of prey are ...

Find out how the shape of a bird of prey’s wings will explain why they live where they live. Can you guess where a bird of prey hunts based on the shape of its wings? Major Funding by the Laura Moore ...