The Birds may be in dire straits, but it will always be “go Birds” around here — for all bird-kind. If you’re anything like me, you keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for winged creatures that flutter ...

“This is the introduction to the world of birds,” Aurora University biologist David Horn says of the six-session class he begins teaching this week at the Morton Arboretum. “We’ll go from their ...

Get your binoculars ready for some linguistic birdwatching! The Latin word for bird, "avis," still soars quite plainly in several English terms — aviary, avian and aviation, as well as in rara avis, ...

The bird feeder in my backyard has been aflutter this winter with birds and words. First to arrive each morning are the chickadees. In "Walden," Henry David Thoreau tells us how these perky, ...