In recent years, backyard bird feeding and other nature-related activities have become some of the most popular past times in the United States.

Providing bird feeders, bird houses, water and wildlife-friendly landscaping …

All bird watchers, new and experienced, experience a moment of puzzlement at some point when trying to identify a bird they haven't seen before. If you're lucky enough to have a …

For the dedicated winter bird lover, there are annual winter bird counts now through the first week of January. Hundreds of volunteers in northeastern Illinois are recording the birds they find …

You can be cozy warm in your home, and yet still appreciate the outdoors this time of year by watching the birds. In an urban winter garden, a cardinal may perch …

How do new species of birds originate? University of Chicago's Trevor Price will discuss Darwin's theory of the origin of species through natural selection, and explain how our understanding of speciation …