Once nearly having fallen into extinction, North America's tallest bird is now making a much awaited come-back. A new survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimated a record-breaking 557 ...

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Spherical White-throated Sparrow takes the prize at Wisconsin Fat Bird Week. The sparrow bounced Rotund Ruby-throated Hummingbird for the title.

A white-crowned sparrow alights on Thursday on a plant on the bluffs above the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz. Depending on the season, this sparrow can be found throughout most of No… ...

Challenging long-held beliefs that bird nest building is solely influenced by genetics or the environment, researchers report that the white-browed sparrow weavers of the Kalahari Desert, Africa ...

At the Red River Zoo, their male crane, Stanley, is considered the second most genetically valuable male in the program. Zoo officials report that the chicks are doing well.

Walnut the white-naped crane of the National Zoo has passed away. The story of zookeeper Chris Crowe winning over the fussy bird, who spurned other cranes but fell for him, went viral.

The Smithsonian Institution announced that a white-naped crane died Jan. 2 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Virginia.