Birding in North Carolina doesn't have a season. Though many species migrate out of the area to warmer climates in the Caribbean, South American and Central America, many more stay behind to make ...

With efforts to save their native habitat in doubt, nine of the world's most endangered birds, Brazilian mergansers, are ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service declared 21 bird species extinct last week, including a migratory songbird that spent significant time in North Carolina. A Carolina bird through and through, it was ...

North Carolina’s most common hummingbird — the Ruby-throated hummingbird — is slated to make an appearance this month, but if you spotted a hummingbird in the last few months, it may have been a rare ...

From hummingbirds to cardinals, bird feeders to bird flu — here are more stories about the winged creatures we love to see in our backyards (and beyond). Eleven hummingbird species have been spotted ...

The American Ornithological Society, the worldwide birding organization that standardizes bird names across the Americas, will rename all species of birds that have been named after people, the group ...

A coalition of environmental groups is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to declare endangered a coastal bird that breeds in North Carolina and some neighboring states. Coastal black-throated ...