Lake Augusta, located in the city of Mendota Heights, becomes a haven for the cormorants each fall due to the dead trees that ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Each band reported by hunters is essential for detecting changes in waterfowl populations and for setting hunting regulations ...

Endangered Birds in the United States? Birds are losing their population because of the variety of threats they face. Human activity is the greatest cause of the population loss of many bird species.

The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, house finch and house sparrow. Here’s a quick bio ...

The DNR is asking the public to submit observations through Aug. 31 of wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, ring-necked pheasants and gray partridge. The information helps the agency in its wildlife ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa.

Staff of nonprofit wildlife rehab center near Menahga, Minnesota, care for abandoned and injured animals in hopes of ...

Seeing so much interest in their birds made Hemker and her husband ... Minnesota views: See Minnesota site named among USA TODAY’s Most Treasured Views Today, the zoo is home to over 68 species from ...

Dustin Mulvaney traces the current deregulatory bonanza that the Trump administration has unleashed on public lands and ...