Plus, pocket-sized owls hooting, few family reunions in the bird world and a visit by robins’ handsome cousin.

Merlin has been trained to identify the songs of more than 1,300 bird species around the world ...

Q: My son and I are fascinated by owls and would really like to see more of them. What owls might we see in the metro area and where should we look for them? Screech owls are around all year, too, and ...

It’s a silent-winged animal that has historically used sound to hunt given its nocturnal existence. But new evidence has ...

In the forests of the Sierra Nevada, the black-backed woodpecker is without parallel. The bird appears almost born of fire, ...

Freed from the threat of invasive predators, Galapagos birds are performing astonishing feats of return and innovation – 200 ...

We meander through the woods, the whine of mosquitoes in our ears. Mendes plays owl calls—they sound like the squeaks of a ...

Now it seems the tawny owl – considered to be of “conservation concern” with its population falling by a third since the ...

Q:My son and I are fascinated by owls and would really like to see more of them. What owls might we see in the metro area and where should we look for them? A: Two things clue us in that an owl is in ...

This year’s top titles run the gamut and include an adaption of a Korean folk tale, a highly entertaining question-and-answer book and much more ...