Since antiquity, humans have been fascinated by birds' intercontinental migratory journeys. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that two areas in their genome decide whether a willow ...

Of the many things I miss about my mom, in the spring it is the great warbler migration that reminds me that she isn’t around to call from the New York suburbs where I was raised to give me updates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ken Baker and Cocoa With a population estimated around 60 million birds, the Blackpoll Warbler is one of the most abundant of ...

Warblers are the highlight of spring migration season for many birders, so we are off to a flying start this year (sorry). A bird never before recorded in Minnesota — Swainson's warbler — made not one ...

Researchers found drier winters impact the likelihood of Kirtland’s warblers surviving migration and their ability to survive the breeding season. Credit: Nathan W. Cooper, Smithsonian’s National Zoo ...

Early September follows the last weeks of August by being a time filled with nature happenings. The woods still abound with mushroom species. Roadsides and fields have an abundance of blooming ...

If you see groups of people lugging large cameras around our county parks, it's not paparazzi chasing celebrities – it's birders looking for warblers. Warblers are an incredibly diverse group of birds ...

On a mid-September day, scientists Chris Rimmer and Bill DeLuca drive to the top of the highest mountain in Vermont. They sling bags over their shoulders, lower themselves down a steep rocky path and ...

A team of researchers has identified a single gene associated with migration in songbirds by combining whole genome sequencing with migration tracking technology for the first time ever A team of ...

Of the many things I miss about my mom, in the spring it is the great warbler migration that reminds me that she isn’t around to call from the New York suburbs where I was raised to give me updates ...