GRAND FORKS – In last week’s Northland Outdoors, dated Saturday, July 16, Doug Leier of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported that the “index” for ruddy duck numbers is up 157% over last ...

Two oil-covered birds rescued from the Orange County coastline in the days after an off-shore pipeline leak were released back into the wild Wednesday in Huntington Beach. The ruddy duck and eared ...

WESTERLO — Spotting a “lifer” — a new bird for your life list — is almost always a special moment. Maybe you traveled somewhere new with a different climate. Or maybe a vagrant is traveling through ...

May was full of dramatic ecological changes on the landscape and dramatic personal change for me. Many species have begun to pair up and settle into their summer homes. Similarly, I have graduated ...

Ruddy ducks paddle in the Prairie Pothole aviary. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute visitors will be able to see these migratory birds up close at the renovated Bird House, ...