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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS—Staff from the North Carolina Arboretum will lead a Birding for Kids program on Tuesday, January 20, at 4 p.m. at the Columbus Library. Designed for children ages 5 to […] ...