The organizers of the Great Backyard Bird Count are asking participants to count birds at least once for 15 minutes and identify each species and site. This can be done in a backyard, at parks or ...

Sandhill cranes are native to Wisconsin and fossil records indicate they are an ancient species, Temple said. But in the 1800s the birds' fortunes took a significant turn for the worse.

Protections for two populations of rare prairie birds in parts of the Midwest have been announced by the U.S. government. Environmentalists have sought stronger protections for decades.

Ambitious plans to expand acreage of bioenergy crops could have a major impact on birds in the Upper Midwest, according to a study published Oct. 4 in the online edition of the Proceedings of the ...

“Prairie birds, especially in the Midwest and the upper Great Plains, have decreased exponentially over the years since like the 1970s.” In recent years, researchers found that grassland bird ...