Students who found the chick in nearby bushes took her to a pet store in a plastic container.

In a widely shared clip, a tiny mother bird stood her ground against farm equipment to protect her eggs — and the farmer responded by leaving the nest undisturbed. A post on Reddit showed a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bruce Bennett / Getty Images When most people think of fearless animal moms, they picture bears, lions, and elephants. Birds ...

In Ohio, the shorebirds are one of the largest bird groups, with 47 species thus far documented. Most plovers and sandpipers – the bulk of our shorebirds – are strictly pass-through visitors. Species ...

There being but five days to go before Canada Day, it is perhaps a good time to be grateful for small things – very small, as in Ottawa as a world capital. While Washington lashes out from both sides ...

Killdeer are one of only three common breeding shorebirds in Ohio. These birds often nest on the ground in gravelly areas, including parking lots and rooftops. To protect their nests, killdeer will ...