Needless to say, it was difficult to get out to take bird pictures. After dinner I decided to squeeze in some photo time and ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — is having a moment.

“The Migration of the birds continue,” Steve Caporizzo, chief meteorologist at News10 Albany, wrote in a Facebook post. “On ...

Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

The bald eagle is finally being recognized as America's national bird. John Tlumacki / The Boston Globe via Getty Images The bald eagle is featured on American military insignia, currency ...

Now, those voices are going silent. A new study published last week in Science brought stunning news: Three out of every four of the 500 North American bird species are in decline, or 75%.

Those three birds are among a half-dozen that will get renamed first under a plan by the American Ornithological Society to do away with common bird names that honor people. But whether or not the ...