On the sweeping grasslands of the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge near Sealy, my wife, Kathy, and I recently spent a day watching sparrows. That word might conjure up visions of the ...

It’s as if one of Alfred Hitchcock’s movies came to life. Video taken on Jan. 8 shows swarms of birds perched on cars and flying around a parking lot in Frisco, Texas. Kenna Mitchell was outside ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Starting in 2024, the American Ornithological Society (AOS), the largest international group of its kind, will begin an initiative to rename some species birds with English names found ...

"There is power in a name, and some English bird names have associations with the past that continue to be exclusionary and harmful today," said AOS President Colleen Handel in a statement. "Everyone ...

I wrote about sparrows two weeks, and told you about my affinity for the black-throated sparrow, invoking memories of those lonely, dry juniper slopes in Irion County. I’m not ready to give up on ...

City lights can be a fatal risk to migrating birds in the spring and autumn (Credit: Getty Images) About two billion birds fly through Texas in the spring – and lit-up buildings pose a deadly risk.

The Birds of the Brush art contest began as part of the seasonal Laredo Birding Festival in the early 2010s. The event ...

As colder temperatures settle into the Texas Panhandle, wildlife experts are warning of a rise in avian influenza cases among ...

Texas is home to more birds in the U.S. than any other state. With more than 600 species to see, there are quite a few that share the same gothic appearance as the blackbird. However, blackbirds ...

Shaban Athuman / Staff Photographer Each fall and spring, millions of migratory birds traverse the Texas skies as they make their journeys between temperate breeding areas and tropical wintering areas ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a commercial poultry flock in Shelby County, Texas; the first ...