The season for spring migration and early nesting birds will be returning soon to the Wilmington area. A recent survey shows declines for some beach-nesting species, according to a news release from ...

Coastal refuges and farmlands welcome migratory birds, but climate change poses a threat. Each winter, North Carolina’s coastal wildlife refuges welcome tens of thousands of migrating birds, including ...

This photo was taken in November on Ocracoke Island in Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the National park Service reports. NPS/A. Thompson photo A spectacle is underway on North Carolina’s Outer Banks ...

Scientists brought to life the silent, sleeping songs of two great kiskadees. Andrej Chudý via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 DEED While birds are fast asleep, their brains remain active, firing off ...

From the back of the skiff, on a homemade poling platform bolted to the johnboat hull, Walter “Joe Guide” Dinkins is taking no chances. “Watch close, now,” the 59-year-old says. “Watch good. These ...

At 40 years old, Boo the cockatoo bumbled through life as a beloved pet in decline: almost totally blind, unable to fly or perch, reduced to waddling like a duck, bumping into walls and sleeping on a ...