Calling all bird nerds! Join the Statesman on Oct. 30 for Birding and Breakfast, a free event on the new Wishbone Bridge over ...

Bird crests come in all shapes and sizes, illustrating just how creative nature can be when it comes to avian headwear.

New World blackbirds such as orioles and grackles seem to have reached South America millions of years before the Panama land ...

A blockbuster period produced a scintillating run of far eastern megas – including Siberian Blue Robin and Sykes's Warbler – while a Sora was in Scilly.

But one grackle in an Austin grocery store parking lot looked so different that even a bird-obsessed tattoo artist had to stop what she was doing. Sam Animal, an Austin tattoo artist and avid birder, ...

This video shows a southern cassowary in tropical northern Australia, a large flightless bird with an appearance unlike most familiar birds. Its body is covered in long, coarse black feathers, while ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Small, shy and clad head-to-claw in black, New Zealand’s karure, or black robin, has been crowned the country’s 2026 Bird of the Year.

A record number of New Zealanders turned out at the polls this month, not for national elections but to vote for their Bird of the Year—the critically endangered black robin. The diminutive native ...

A blue rock-thrush was spotted this week at Broughton Beach Park in Portland. The species is common in some parts of the world, but only one has ever been seen before in Oregon. (Courtesy Metro) As ...