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Birds are what scientists call "indicator species" – their health helps us understand the health of our environment. In this episode of Life Kit, we get expert tips on how we can help birds survive, and thrive.

Recent breakthroughs have allowed researchers from across the Western Hemisphere to begin building a library of avian DNA filled with insights about where birds migrate and their resilience to mounting pressures.

Researchers today can follow birds' paths as they fly thousands of miles. But it wasn't always that way. Scroll through more than two centuries of advances in understanding this natural wonder.

Brightening up our winter fields, the white-feathered birds have interesting migration patterns tied to colder climate, Dana Wilde writes.

With the fall migration season for birds just around the corner, we took another look at how to prevent birds from colliding with windows.

Experts discuss what do hummingbirds eat—and how often (and how much) they eat! A hummingbird's diet includes more foods than you may think!

Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) will be hosting a free movie to celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 23 at 2 p.m. at Harbor Theater. The theater is located at 185 Townsend Ave./Route 27, Boothbay Harbor, across from Hannaford. The bird-themed...

Every 20 years, New York collects vital information about birds. And gardeners have an important role to play.

The network has been caught pulling ornithological shenanigans before.

A week stretch drives home the joy of the everyday natural world with a flood of surprises: a red squirrel spotted, a tom turkey sneaking roadside, a song sparrow singing in a subdivision, night crawlers thick on wet roads and sidewalks.