Conservationists with the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium are supporting local purple martins, North America’s largest swallows ...

Mosquitoes are among the most irritating pests. In addition to their annoying bites, which can leave you very itchy, some are ...

Tickets for purple martin tours on Lake Murray, put on by Carolina Safari Co., can be purchased starting May 30.

“Ooh!” an onlooker blurted. Siegrist, head of a national purple martin conservation group, launched the latest installment Tuesday evening of a prolonged scientific effort to learn just how ...

A court in Kenya charged two young Belgian men with wildlife piracy Tuesday for allegedly attempting to smuggle thousands of ants out of the country to exotic pet buyers in Europe and Asia.

The first purple martins of the year have been spotted in South Dakota, marking the start of spring migration. These birds travel up to 7,000 miles from Brazil to their breeding grounds in North ...

Purple martins, known for their glossy plumage, have returned to Michigan after wintering in South America. The first sightings, known as "scout" birds, were reported in mid-March, marking the ...

Purple martin populations have declined sharply in recent decades due to habitat loss, invasive species, and climate change. Purple martins are flying back to Pennsylvania from Brazil. The Purple ...

Bird poop. Every spring for the last 36 years, Andrew and Carol Stamm have erected poles covered in white, hollow gourds at their Harahan home for purple martins, a migratory songbird ...

But in retirement he's devoted most of his time to one species that has fascinated him since childhood: the purple martin. "I guess you could say I was taken by them early, yes, and that continues ...

If you're looking for birds that will help to reduce the ants in your yard, try attracting woodpeckers, hummingbirds, purple martins, and barn swallows, just to name a few. Ant-eating birds can be a ...

The purple martins return to their roosts at sunset between the months of July and August. Nashville has even been declared an “Urban Bird Treaty City” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.