With spring officially upon us, local hikers and outdoor enthusiasts have a much greater chance of coming upon orphaned or ...

The Ruth Melichar Bird Center is a non-profit that rehabilitates birds and gets them back into the wild with a release rate around 75 percent.

Adult button quails are small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, and chicks are even smaller. This ground-dwelling ...

While some birds lay their eggs in tree nests, sea and shorebirds lay their eggs right on the sand, where they are very well ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - After strong winds tore through the area earlier this week, SkyWatch received the first baby birds of the season. The baby Great Horned Owl and two baby Mourning Doves were ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It appears baby bird season is now underway, as Skywatch Bird Rescue just received its first nestlings of the year. The rescue took in a nestling great horned owl and two ...

In a cute first, a curious observation led to a sweet and thrilling discovery of a caterpillar-like hummingbird with hairs ...

A new report on the state of birds in the United States has an urgent warning: bird populations across nearly every habitat are declining, with about one-third of U.S. bird species in critical ...

Over and over, in the world's oceans, baby seabirds often mistake bits of trash for food. New research in the journal Science Advances shows that ingesting plastic can harm them in unseen ways. Here's ...

Share on Pinterest A recent CDC MMWR report shows three new asymptomatic human cases of bird flu, suggesting the virus may be slowly spreading. Johanna Moya/Getty Images A growing bird flu ...