If you keep a list of birds seen in a calendar year, it’s a happy challenge to look at the blank slate that Jan. 1 brings.

Meet the woodpecker with a puzzling moniker and a big appetite for suet. Learn what a red-bellied woodpecker looks like and ...

Learn what a house finch looks like and how to attract one. Find out facts about the house finch nest, eggs, range, habitat ...

Some species are at their most active in winter, whether they’re flying, feeding, or mating. From elephant seals in ...

There were eight of us from different walks of life. One of us was 80 years old, another just 20. We had one task: to count ...

A red kite found with a damaged wing and head trauma is "doing really well", a wildlife charity has said. A member of the public found the bird of prey at a roadside in Marden, Kent, after it was ...

Birders are actively documenting winter visitors in NCR's wetlands, with species like the variable wheatear and Eurasian ...

Big Garden Birdwatch is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey. Each year, on the last weekend of January, hundreds of ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff ...

Owls and other talon-ted species at the White Mountain Nature Center remind audiences of the importance of recycling and other bird-friendly habits.

Africa’s second-longest river is rarely sailed by tourists but new expeditions aboard the Princesse Ngalessa offer encounters with hippos, gorillas and elephants — and a glimpse of a very different wa ...

Snakes may not be known for wagging tails or greeting their owners at the door, but some species are thought to be ...