According to the Cornell Lab or Ornithology, there are four general wing shapes that allow birds to do specific things, such as gliding, soaring, hovering or flapping in the most effective ways. The ...

Soaring wings are long, like gliders ... threads from palm fronds and building pouch nests. By mid-summer, the oriole population will increase dramatically as fledglings leave the nest and ...

Matthias Pfister was a standout athlete when a car crash changed his life forever. Five years later, he's persevered in ...

Spring provides an opportunity to visually combine showy blossoms and vivid birds, a delight for birders, and a chance for a photographer to capture, perhaps, the ultimate image.

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Columnist Shannon Brennan joined one of 16 groups for the annual Big Spring Day bird count, a tradition of counting species ...

What bird lays blue eggs? What do chickadee eggs look like? Look at photos to help you identify bird eggs from 10 different ...

Have you met the bird that when it shows back up means spring is here and when it leaves means cold air is on the way?

It was a hockey helmet -- a Red Wings helmet, to be precise -- and by the time McKinstry ... which the team debuted on an otherwise dreary evening at Oriole Park. McKinstry’s 410-foot seventh-inning ...

The Baltimore Oriole is known for its striking orange plumage, whistling song and unique hanging nests. The orioles arrive in the area to breed from early April to late May, so now is the perfect ...

Dallas Wings center Teaira McCowan was seemingly not pleased after a 99-84 season-opening loss to the Minnesota Lynx. The Wings are in a new era. There's a new head coach, several new players ...