Winter finches are known for their dispersions into the south during the winter, driven by crop failures and breeding ...

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...

The lure of little guys of the wrong species — plus an invasion of flies — may drive one of Darwin’s finch species toward extinction. Diverse finches that Darwin saw scattered across the Galápagos ...

North America is home to 17 species of finches. Two of them live year-round in the Times News region: the American goldfinch ...

With so many stunning bird species out there, they never cease to amaze with their wide range of colors, sizes, and other ...

Freed from the threat of invasive predators, Galapagos birds are performing astonishing feats of return and innovation – 200 ...

If you get lost at sea and find yourself on an island, you’d probably try to build a fire, pile some sticks and stones into a makeshift home and maybe even try to signal for help. When one misguided ...

The recent halting of the Forest Service’s massive deforestation and road-building project bordering Yellowstone National Park benefitted far more than ...

Darwin's finches are icons of evolution. Now, researchers have discovered how quickly they can evolve into a new species: with the help of an outside bird, a new species can develop in as little as ...

New research could ruffle some feathers in the birding world. It finds that Redpolls, a bird found in the Arctic that will sometimes come to the Southern latitudes during the winter and can be hard to ...

Despite the traditional view that species do not exchange genes by hybridisation, recent studies show that gene flow between closely related species is more common than previously thought. A team of ...