During the long spring and summer of 2020, when it seemed everyone else had discovered the White Mountains, I found a trove of town forests and conserved properties within an hour’s drive of my home ...

Monarchs are the only butterfly species known for two-way migrations. Here's when North Carolina's migrating monarchs are ...

From October, visitors to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles Airport will be treated to the sight of a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the U.S ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is adding a Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk to the national collection. The aircraft, nicknamed “The Overachiever,” is the only F-117 known to have flown ...

Thousands of common nighthawks are streaming over the Charles, Mystic and Connecticut River valleys this week, part of an annual migration that draws crowds to spots like Mount Auburn Cemetery and ...

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Common nighthawks (Chordeiles minor) are crepuscular birds that eat flying insects. You’ll spot them swooping and wheeling like aerial acrobats to catch bugs in mid-air. They are closely related to ...

If you think fall isn’t just around the corner, take a look at the birds! If you’ve been at the Jersey shore recently, you may have noticed tiny sandpipers known as sanderlings pecking and scurrying ...

Listening Point in August. Photos by Bill Tefft. Wearing the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory t-shirt this week is a statement and reminder that autumn is ahead, and that counting of migrating birds begins ...

Here we offer one strange bird. Its Latin family name refers to an ancient myth that these birds suck milk from goats in the dim light of dusk. They do not build nests but rather lay their eggs on ...

As any birder will tell you, the best time to observe birds is early morning. But to get a glimpse of the delightfully weird-looking common poorwill, you’ll have to be a night owl. Denizens of ...

While there is wildlife you would be happy to spot in your backyard, no one is happy to see mosquitoes. With mosquito season starting earlier and earlier, fighting these pests can seem like an uphill ...