The MSU scientist published a book called “Bird Coloration” with fellow ornithologist Geoffrey Hill from Auburn University. Together they previously studied the phenomenon of yellow northern cardinals ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the DNR has been offering weekly alerts about species passing through or stopping in Michigan. Here's how you can sign up.

Spring draws hundreds of millions of birds north after winter shooed them away. Here are some of the species traveling to or ...

Researchers and community scientists have teamed up to map and protect these ephemeral wetlands that serve as hidden ...

Bird flu has infected over 170 wild bird species in North America, with cases in Michigan's wildlife and dairy cattle.

MANISTEE — Several dead birds discovered Wednesday morning along portions of Manistee’s Lake Michigan shoreline have sparked ...

If snowy owls are known for one thing, it’s their white plumage. Their coloring helps them blend in with the frost-covered ...

Hummingbirds, species of waterfowl, bluebirds, and owls are migrating to and through ... and from the Lake Michigan shoreline, according to BWD. Loons start to migrate north through the state ...

Two injured bald eagles were recovered in Lake County by the Saint Helen-based organization, the Association to Rescue ...

Birds without natural immunity that migrate or roost together in large flocks, such as geese, are most likely to die in large ...