LIBERTY, MO – They may be the world’s smallest birds, but beginning this month, millions of hummingbirds will be making a big trip to Mexico and Central Mexico. This annual journey is part of an instinctive migration pattern that has…[more]
All the rain the Ozarks bore earlier in the year certainly caused a number of problems from severe flooding to a thick crop of mosquitoes. But to the least tern, it means very suitable habitat for raising young.
Much national attention has been focused on the health and future welfare of wildlife animals and birds by wildlife management conservationists and hunters who want to preserve a valuable American resource: the population of wild animals and wild game. Increased…[more]
This brightly colored bird has always been a romantic symbol for their unusual coloring as well as their gentle loving nature. In Victorian times, they were a common artful addition to romantic floral artwork on greeting cards and calling cards.…[more]
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Don’t believe everything you read - even where giant Mexican crab ticks are concerned.
The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture recently received a call from a Pulaski County woman concerned about something she had…[more]
Take advantage of a unique opportunity to get an up-close look at the ruby-throated hummingbird. You will have two opportunities this summer to join researcher Lanny Chambers at Onondaga Cave State Park near Leasburg as he captures and studies these…[more]
Rest areas throughout Missouri have gone to the birds. Thanks to a private donation, each of the 19 rest areas along Missouri interstate highways were provided with purple martin houses and bluebird houses, and most of the rest areas already…[more]
Young songbirds babble before they can mimic an adult’s song, much like their human counterparts. Now, in work that offers insights into how birds--and perhaps people--learn new behaviors, MIT scientists have found that immature and adult birdsongs are driven by…[more]
The bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) might not be the king of the forest, but it is the top dog in the frog pecking order. Their superiority to other species in various ways gives this robust species a competitive edge.
Each spring from March to June, birds of every kind – songbirds, raptors, shorebirds and others – make their way from their winter homes in the south to their summer breeding grounds in places as far north as the Arctic.…[more]
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