The four most numerous bird species in the world as listed by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) — house sparrow, barn swallow, European starling and ring-billed gull — are found in Minnesota in ...

Piping plover populations are mainly restricted to the shores of Lake Michigan, but they have been spotted in Duluth's Park Point. CATHY WURZER: Still February, but it feels like spring is knocking on ...

Nearly half of North America's birds are at risk of disappearing. But in one Minnesota town, artists are painting a different ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The sounds of spring are singing across trees and lakes. Some birds are returning to Minnesota as others are just passing through. How do birds know when to migrate? And will our ...

Wildlife researchers at the University of Minnesota are poised to test wild birds and mammals for avian influenza when the animals are found sick or dead in natural landscapes across the state. The $1 ...

A pheasant hunter in southwestern Minnesota. The Minnesota DNR wants upland bird hunters — pheasant, grouse, woodcock and more — to write hunting diaries this fall and submit them to the agency to add ...

The world's largest group of ornithologists announced Nov. 1 that it would begin work renaming 70 to 80 North American bird species named for people — some deemed racist, exclusionary, or implying ...