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A hummingbird that attracted hundreds of birders to Beloit, Wisconsin, in the fall of 2007 and then became the subject of controversy after it was captured and taken to the Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago is "doing great" today, say zoo officials...

I'm sure you all know that our friends in Texas are in the midst of the worst drought since 1918. The New York Times wrote this last week: "Much of the state has not had a significant rainfall since August. Winter wheat crops have failed....

Veteran bird photographer Steve Maslowski of Maslowski Wildlife Productions photographed the beautiful Varied Thrush that appears on the cover of our February 2009 issue . He shot the photo in 1999 during a trip to the west coast. Here is what he told...

We all suspected that Canada Geese were the unlucky birds struck by the US Airways jet that came down in the Hudson River last month, and yesterday the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed it. Now researchers are trying to determine if the...

Migrating Purple Martins can fly up to 358 miles (577 km) per day, and Wood Thrushes can cover 168 miles (271 km) per day, according to groundbreaking new research published today in the journal Science. Previous studies estimated songbirds could fly...