A lot of people make New Year's Resolutions to lose weight. The birds that come to your yard have the opposite problem. They can lose 15% of their body weight in just one cold winter's night trying to ...

According to a survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 96 million Americans are bird-watchers, or 37% of the population aged 16 and above. Most observe from home, but 43 million have traveled ...

True to the scientific method, the Great Backyard Bird Count started out of curiosity. Researchers at the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology had an observation and a question.