Thousands of birds flying south for the winter stop off in Nigeria’s Hadejia Wetlands National Park. Researchers mapped the park, uncovering hundreds of species.

Nevertheless, nature still has the ability to surprise us. Take the shoebill, for example: a bird so bizarre, it almost ...

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

While some African weaver species are quite sociable, nesting in large colonies, pairs of Spectacled Weavers maintain separate territories, and these two are probably defending their turf against the ...

With its golden crest and graceful courtship dance, the Grey Crowned Crane has long stood as a symbol of beauty and resilience in East Africa. But the bird’s future is now hanging in the balance. On ...

The term Mohawk refers to the Mohawk people, an indigenous tribe who plucked the hair from the sides of their heads, leaving ...

The osprey population on the Eastern Shore has dropped to just 18 birds, and scientists at William & Mary’s Center for ...