In some cases, a rare species might be part of a vanguard of change as a species invades the region. The European starling and barred owl were once rare in the area but are now widespread. I had a ...

In Rare Birds, which opened yesterday, William Hurt, egged on by Andy Jones, tries to increase traffic at his Newfoundland restaurant by pretending a rare bird has been sighted in the area.

Thousands of birds turned up dead or dying in northern Utah, and wildlife biologists are on the hunt to find out what killed them. Biologists with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources first ...