As winter takes hold, look no further than the National Aviary as the place to trade gloomy weather for tropical splendor. The new season “Seaside Escape” showcases the magnificence of all the ...

Ornithologists Henry Pollock (left) and Jeff Brawn (right) tested the temperature tolerance of tropical birds across habitats within Neotropical forests, finding a greater range of tolerance than ...

When you hear about Pennsylvania, does the word “tropical” come to mind? A limpkin, a tropical wetland bird, was spotted in Pennsylvania for the first time in recorded history on July 7. The Miami ...

Birders are flocking to Scituate, Massachusetts to catch a glimpse of a tropical bird called a limpkin​, which has never been ...

A mostly tropical bird was seen flitting around in Colorado, according to KUSA. While novel, its presence could be seen as an ill omen — or a freak occurrence. An anhinga was seen in Boulder County ...

Christina Riehl, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will present “Biology and Conservation of Tropical Birds: Linking Life History to Ecology” in Guyot Hall, Room 10, and online ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its ...

The Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus), last seen in the wild in 1988, is making a comeback. Thanks to years of dedication and the steadfast efforts of the Sihek Recovery Program team, Guam ...

Extreme heat poses grave threat to tropical birds The notion that bird populations are steeply declining is not new – a 2019 study found bird populations in the US and Canada have dropped by 30% since ...

In preparation for a presentation on the birds we saw while in Ecuador recently, I was struck by how many of the birds were extravagantly colored, many eye-poppingly so. Thumbing through my field ...