Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Center is a paradise for birders who flock to see tens of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes every winter.

Flooded cornfields near the Tennessee River in northern Alabama are a paradise for birders who flock to see tens of thousands of migrating sandhill cranes every winter.

Stripes, round bodies, dark penetrating eyes. At a glance, the barred owl and the northern spotted owl are easily mistaken ...

Each spring and fall, billions of birds migrate along the Pacific Flyway, a route stretching from Alaska to Patagonia, and pass through Oregon's high desert on their way. Spots like the Malheur ...

Members with both sets of motives believe that undocumented migrants are taking jobs away from more deserving citizens and ...

Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On Jan. 2, 2016, a heavily armed group led by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon ...

There are 363 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 2, 2016, a heavily armed group led by brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, beginning a 41 ...

but that he would not accept any bill that jeopardized the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—the calving grounds and migratory route for one of the world’s last great caribou herds. Finally ...

Militants that held the Malheur Wildlife Refuge dug two trenches and made a road. At least one trench among the artifacts was used as a latrine. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Billy Williams released a ...

For the first time in more than 60 years, Maryland has a new national wildlife refuge. The Southern Maryland Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge, announced recently by federal officials ...

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the largest congregation of bald eagles can be found at the Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Oklahoma. More:Bald eagles are no longer a rare sight in Oklahoma thanks to this ...