… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. A migratory diver of the loon family, the common loon (Gavia immer) has been ...

A: You certainly could have; our state bird spends its winter along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico, then returns to the state in April, as ice is leaving ...

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Minnesota using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited ...

MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the stillness ...

Cliff Hansen stopped. He looked up at a hole in a dead tree. He listened. He was thrilled. His well-tuned hearing noticed sounds of baby birds. Then an adult downy woodpecker flitted nearby. Great.

ST. PAUL — North America has lost more than a quarter of its bird population, or nearly three billion birds, over the past half-century. Carrol Henderson has seen this decline here among some of ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Studies show engaging with birds can improve our mental health. Watching them or listening to their songs can reduce stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms. They're darn good at pest ...