One of the most colourful and magnetic visitors to Dorset in recent weeks has not been a human but a little rare bird - a red-spotted bluethroat to be precise. The creature is an amber-listed species ...
BROOKLYN, New York — A federal judge has handed down one of the largest-ever fines under the Endangered Species Act, ordering a Georgia doctor to pay $900,000 for illegally trafficking thousands of ...
Bird-watching can be a lot of fun, especially if you're looking to spot rare or infrequent birds in your area. You don't have to be an expert to partake, either. While there are loads of books on the ...
HARRIS COUNTY, Ga. - A Georgia reconstructive orthopedic surgeon and a farm worker have been sentenced in what federal authorities are calling one of the largest bird trafficking cases in U.S. history ...
Ostriches, emus, rheas and other large, flightless birds are found on six landmasses separated by oceans, but how they reached such far-apart places without the ability to fly has remained an enduring ...
After he caught word of the lesser nighthawk sighting in Alachua County, Tim Hardin went to see it for himself. It took him three days to finally catch a glimpse of the speckled bird, with its small ...
When a bird rarely seen on this continent showed up in Riverhead last month, the reaction was, as might be expected, a little cuckoo. Native to Eurasia, the bird is anything but common here: It ...
The sudden burst of rare sightings has drawn attention and speculation. Are more rare birds actually arriving in Texas, or are people just getting better at spotting them? "The answer is a little ...
FITCHBURG, MASS. (WHDH) - Hundreds of bird watchers have flocked to Fitchburg to get a glimpse of a Chestnut-collared Longspur after a man spotted the rare bird on December 4, 2025. Jon Skinner said ...