The passenger pigeon was a colonial and gregarious bird and needed large numbers for optimum breeding conditions. It was not possible to reestablish the species with a few captive birds. The small ...

We will probably never know why the pigeon ended up in a Montpelier parking lot. Perhaps it got tired or lost. Or it got left ...

Merlin, a North American falcon species, was once threatened nationwide. Yet recently, the Adirondacks have proven a ...

Visitors are flocking to New York City's famed High Line to see its latest art installation. The 16-foot-tall pigeon sculpture has the city in a flutter.

Adapted for speed and maneuverability in flight, it had a small head ... but the primary breeding range was in southern Ontario and the Great Lakes states south through states north of the Appalachian ...

The passenger pigeon, a North American species abundant ... where they live as the small Kirtland's warbler. It breeds only in a small area where jack pine forests grow on a particular type ...

A kind of head ornamentation known as a shell crest is seen on this English trumpeter, one of some 350 breeds of rock pigeon, one of the most diverse bird species on Earth with breeds of various ...

Out of 150 species of butterflies, monarchs are the most beloved, but what does the future hold for our friendly fliers?

Great white pelicans can devour pigeons. And some species ... is supersized. Most cuckoo breeds are solitary and keep to ...

Nearby, the silhouettes of 12 small pillars ... sourced quail and pigeon. Howard gathers a generous bucketful of breasts, and we visit dozens of rooms containing breeding pairs of peregrines ...

The passenger pigeon was a colonial and gregarious bird and needed large numbers for optimum breeding conditions. It was not possible to reestablish the species with a few captive birds. The small ...

One of the most social land birds, the passenger pigeon also displayed unique, charming behaviors, living in colonies stretching over hundreds of square miles, practicing communal breeding ...