DULUTH — The number of breeding ducks estimated across the continent hit 33.99 million this spring, up 5% over 2023, but nearly all of the increase happened in the far north and west. That’s the ...

Though each annual Illinois Spring Bird Count — held the first Saturday in May — has its surprises, the latest one, at least in my participation area, was particularly unusual. A bird species that ...

MACKINAW CITY — The Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch has announced the start of its 2026 Spring Hawk Count, marking the beginning of the annual spring migration of raptors through the Straits of Mackinac ...

CENTERVILLE — In the early morning, just as the stars are fading out of view and the eastern sky is separating into the layered colors of dawn, Jane Ward makes her way to the edge of Centerville's ...