Are buffalo and bison the same? How can you tell a toad from a frog? This article clears up confusion on mixed-up groups of animals.

Several species of birds from different continents use and understand similar alarm calls when they see an invader that might ...

Birds separated by vast geographic distances and millions of years of evolution share a remarkably similar learned vocal ...

The findings of a new study about communication between birds also offer key insights into the origins of language.

On a cool, starry night six years ago, a young scientist crept barefoot across dunes in the Namib Desert in southern Africa.

Timber Rattlesnakes and Eastern Massasaugas, Minnesota's hidden venomous snakes, prefer the woods and wetlands of the south, ...

The Loon Program Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Mitchell performs loon monitoring and ...

Maybe you just have to be from Minnesota to really get it. Plenty of soccer teams have a pregame ritual. A cherished old pop song here. A boom-boom clap there. Minnesota United, though, kick off with ...

Ludlow’s Island Resort on Lake Vermilion offers handcrafted cabins, loon calls, and timeless northwoods magic by boat.

Joe Poliquin appreciates pluck. So when the loon chick on his watch repeatedly swam away from the parent trying to feed it a ...

This is now undeniably the decisive game of the year, certainly in terms of the Western Conference, Supporters Shield standings,” Loons head coach Eric Ramsay said.

The Hearst Foundations has awarded Washington State University with a $150,000 grant. The Hearst Foundations has awarded two Washington groups with grants. The Hearst Foundations has awarded three ...