Once nearly wiped out by overhunting and logging, nest boxes kept wood ducks from vanishing – and volunteers are still putting them up today.

Duck boxes provide vital nesting sites for wood ducks and other cavity-nesting species, combating habitat loss and protecting ...

Braving the cold of winter, volunteers build boxes to help wood ducks nest and hatch their young in spring.

So, my friends, we might take courage from the Wood Duck, ruffle our feathers, and leap! Not expecting to fly right away, but ...

Walking briskly on the ice and snow-covered township road near my rural home southwest of Bemidji, I heard the telltale song ...

Ranging mostly in forested lands, especially in mixed deciduous-coniferous forests throughout Minnesota’s northern third, ...

Q: I want to show my houseguests some eagles before they have to leave, any suggestions? A: At this time of year, bald eagles ...

Wisconsin Assembly combined and passed bills to allow a sandhill crane hunt in the state and regulate the use of high powered wake boats.

Republicans in the Legislature have been working for years to pass legislation that would allow sandhill cranes to be hunted ...

Every year, Nebraska’s Platte River becomes a corridor of motion and sound as sandhill cranes arrive from the south. By mid- ...

As another Great Backyard Bird Count gets underway, Lounge goes birdwatching, a hobby that's seen a surge in the recent past ...

Brilliant plumage survives only where forests, rivers, and wetlands stay whole. Habitat decline turns color into silence too fast.