"It was just horrifying," resident Sharon Anderson said. A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds "exploding." Residents of a ...

Let’s face it, some animals have cooler names than others. For example, how could the blobfish ever hope to compete with the hellbender or the goblin shark? Typically, animals get their names from a ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Matthew Medler of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the best bird sounds of 2025 from their vast collection of recordings, and why their selections made the list.