As usual, I heard the loud, rattling call before I saw the bird. It was a Belted Kingfisher, a denizen of the small ponds and ...

I find it much less likely that the animal that first popped into your mind is a unique-looking turtle. But, according to a recent study published in the journal The Canadian Field-Naturalist, the ...

“The species that seem to be doing the worst are the birds that are highly specialized and need large blocks of habitat,” ...