The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation added 12 new locations to the New York Birding Trail in July. Of ...

The New York Times’s Frugal Traveler columnist Elaine Glusac has been on almost every trip you can imagine. She’s learned a ...

In Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, the borough’s most popular green space, volunteers learn the difference between English Ivy and ...

It’s summer and the city is buzzing with pollinators—many of which are in decline. The Parks Department and local nonprofits ...

When a cockfight begins in Kabul, the noise is immediate. Roars of “Hit!” and “Kill!” erupt among spectators as two birds lunge at each other, feathers and blood flying. This centuries-old blood sport ...

Among the great hunters and adventurers of the Roaring 1920s were the two eldest sons of Teddy Roosevelt, America’s 26th president, former New York governor and one of the country’s most energetic ...

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire ...

You need to prepare for their tricky disguises, and I'd like to help. Here are five year-round birds to start with. American Goldfinch (above) The American Goldfinch undergoes such a radical ...

A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak transpired at the eastern New York facility.

By almost any measure, the pigeon is a humble bird. But on Saturday, New York’s unofficial avian emblem and second most hated critter was celebrated on the High Line in Chelsea at a first- (and ...

EDGEMERE, Rockaways (WABC) -- Bird lovers rejoice: it's nesting season for the piping plover, one of the cutest and most vulnerable native birds living along the New York coastline.

You might not be able to teach an old dog new tricks, but apparently Australia’s sulphur-crested cockatoos are never too old to teach themselves. New … The post These birds keep teaching ...