To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

A purple gallinule was found near Houlton, over 1,000 miles away from its typical winter habitat in Florida. The bird was later euthanized due to complications of frostbite. (Courtesy of Maine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A golden bowerbird in Queensland, Australia. - sohnjoo c 2013/imageBROKER/Shutterstock From the ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A rare tropical bird has been spotted in Colorado, drawing the attention of excited birdwatchers. An anhinga, also known as a "snake bird," has appeared in eastern Boulder County, ...

More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn't one of them.

The Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus), last seen in the wild in 1988, is making a comeback. Thanks to years of dedication and the steadfast efforts of the Sihek Recovery Program team, Guam ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its ...

The harpy eagle is one of the largest and most powerful eagles in the world, and seeing one up close can be startling. With ...

The Little Rock Zoo announced this week that it had closed its Tropical Bird House to the public in response to confirmed cases of avian flu in Faulkner and Prairie counties amid a nationwide outbreak ...

LAMONT, Fla. (WCTV) - A burst of color, the sound of wings overhead and the unmistakable hum of life in motion await visitors at Tropical Treasures, the North Florida Wildlife Center’s brand-new ...

(CNN) — From the rainforests of Central and South America to the savannas of northern Australia, the world’s equatorial regions are home to thousands of unique bird species, from macaws to toucans to ...