Joshua and Kevin Washington stood on the shore of Bird Pond on Saturday morning, their binoculars aimed across the water at a bufflehead duck, its colorful head skimming above the surface. Kevin ...

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I never paid much notice to the birds until I had kids. With the exception of the brightly-colored cardinals and blue jays, they all looked alike, and I didn’t see any reason to worry about who was ...

Here’s something worth tweeting about: Being around more birds can boost your family’s happiness. A German study of more than 26,000 Europeans found that the cheeriest folks lived near natural areas ...

The small brown bird, a house wren, was continually singing from a tree near where I was sitting. Was it mad at me for invading its home? Was it calling for a mate? Why do birds sing, anyway? The ...

The Kids’ Winter Bird Count for children ages 7 to 17 runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center, 201 Riviera Drive in Joplin’s Wildcat Park. Jessie Ballard, ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Prime birding season is here. From late April till mid-May, ...

Michelle Hall's research has been funded by the Australia and Pacific Science Foundation, and the Australian Research Council. This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The ...