Pat Neal is a Hoh River fishing and rafting guide and “wilderness gossip columnist” whose column appears here every Wednesday. He can be reached at 360-683-9867 or by email via ...

Whether they hop around the prairie, dabble in wetlands, flit through forests, or forage along the shore, birds are suffering rapid population declines across the United States. That’s the finding ...

The peregrine falcon, one of Scotland's protected species, is facing a growing threat. Smuggled to the Middle East for falcon racing, these birds can fetch a high price on the black market.

Since 2022, H5N1 has been infecting chickens, cows, wild birds and cats — among several other animals. With a record number of human cases in the U.S., the situation is getting increasingly ...

Come March and something very special is happening in our hedgerows. In parks and gardens across the UK, birds are preparing to welcome in the next generation by building nests. March to September ...

The Dassault Falcon 2000 is a very popular business jet among corporations and high-net-worth individuals. The aircraft is praised for its range, fuel efficiency and spacious cabin, with five ...

Neural recordings from parrots and songbirds reveal the ways in which vocal production is encoded in the brain, highlighting remarkable similarities between how parrots and humans learn to produce ...

Bird flu has ripped through the animal kingdom for the past few years now, killing countless birds and crossing into an alarming number of mammals. Yet people remain largely untouched. Even though ...

The final act of Juliana Falcon's life, in the minutes before she was shot dead by her son, potentially saved dozens of others. Realising the unthinkable about her child, her intervention was ...

A peregrine falcon nesting in a town hall has laid its first egg of the year. The bird of prey, which has made its home at the Grade II-listed building in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, was spotted ...