The Little Rock Zoo announced this week that it had closed its Tropical Bird House to the public in response to confirmed ...

To cool down, birds rely on panting, resting in the shade, or reducing activity. During prolonged heatwaves, however, these ...

Birds are a barometer of the health of water sources, habitats, and air quality. A notable example is the use of canaries in ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Little Rock Zoo officials said they are taking steps to protect their birds from the avian flu. According ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

The purple gallinule, native to the Caribbean, landed in Houlton but was fatally injured by the cold. Several off-course ...

Ornithologists Henry Pollock (left) and Jeff Brawn (right) tested the temperature tolerance of tropical birds across habitats within Neotropical forests, finding a greater range of tolerance than ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBS12) — The final two of four Dominican nationals have been sentenced for their roles in smuggling tropical birds from the United States on Monday. The U.S. Department of ...

The Little Rock Zoo is temporarily closing its Tropical Bird House after two cases of avian flu were found near the zoo.

More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them. The tropical bird is ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its ...