What’s better than a cold winter morning spent birdwatching from your window with a steaming cup of coffee? While many species flock to the south for the winter, Missouri has dozens of winged ...

Snow geese gather in February 2023 at Loess Bluff National Wildlife Refuge on their way North to summer nesting sites. The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking the public to report any dead ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, non-resident hunters in Missouri who want to pursue waterfowl, doves, snipe, woodcock and rails will ...

Lifelong Missouri birder Jeff Cantrell came across a first in 2013. He discovered fish crows had built a nest in a large sycamore in Roaring River State Park in Southwest Missouri, less than an hour ...

Birds are a big part of holiday traditions in Missouri. One of the longest-running traditions, entering its 126th year this ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation is urging the public to use caution as it investigates reports of sick and dead birds across the state, some believed to be linked to bird ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missouri officials have started a crackdown on auctions, shows, and swap meets involving poultry and waterfowl as bird flu continues to spread around the state. Officials with the ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missouri residents will likely never know the name of the first state resident ever to test positive for bird flu, but the now year-old case is still causing concern throughout the ...

Staff at the World Bird Sanctuary's raptor hospital hand-feed patient #72, a red-shouldered hawk who was brought in with punctures on its legs from a suspected fight with another bird. Birds in the ...

Egg prices are expected to increase by 20% in 2025, largely due to the spread of a highly pathogenic avian influenza. That's on top of an almost 40% price increase last year. For some people in rural ...

The Missouri Conservation Department received confirmation Wednesday morning of something it feared — three dead snow geese found by state wildlife refuge staff were likely infected with bird flu.