YAKIMA, Wash. -- An excellent fifty-cent word with which to impress your friends - or, perhaps, to make them roll their eyes - is anthropomorphism, in which we describe animals in human terms or even ...

Today we meet the yellow-headed caracara, a fairly new resident of Costa Rica that has an intimate relationship with another, far larger species of wildlife. The yellow-headed caracara (Milvago ...

Birders are all aflutter after a yellow-headed caracara, a bird native to South America, was spotted in the area of the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation's Maritime Campus in Wilmington. It's the northernmost ...

Birding is one of those hobbies that are all too easy to make fun of until you turn thirty. Then, suddenly and against your better judgment, the notion of spending hours in a bush waiting for a ...

Blackbirds always seem to get a bad rap. As the late Rodney Dangerfield was fond of saying, they “get no respect” in the bird world. I for one would argue that the blackbirds are an amazing group of ...

Social media sleuths are trying to solve the mystery of why dozens of birds crashed to their deaths in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. “Pls not bird flu,” quipped American Conservative Union boss Matt ...

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species. An inhabitant of Iowa marshlands, the yellow-head has a unique and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. Delaware has long been renowned for its stellar birdwatching ...

Every once in a great while, there comes a talent so mind-blowing that it warps the fabric of human history, inspiring generations of enviers and imitators. Freddie Mercury was such a talent; so were ...