Coupled with the regular assortment of blue jays, white-breasted nuthatches and black-capped chickadees, pine grosbeaks add ...

Possessing bird feathers could get a person cooped up in prison. The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ...

Minnesota winters can push both people and wildlife to their limits. The cold settles in deeply, snow piles up for months at a time, and the world outside can feel frozen in place. Yet in the middle ...

Rain was just letting up as folks started arriving at Roberts Bird Sanctuary in southwest Minneapolis. Groups meet there most weekend mornings in the spring to see and hear migrating warblers, ...

Looking for birding opportunities close to home? Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, ...

ST. PAUL — North America has lost more than a quarter of its bird population, or nearly three billion birds, over the past half-century. Carrol Henderson has seen this decline here among some of ...

Wildlife researchers at the University of Minnesota are poised to test wild birds and mammals for avian influenza when the animals are found sick or dead in natural landscapes across the state. The $1 ...