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This Eurasian bird has been widely introduced to this country as a game bird.

A listener finds what appear to be bird droppings on the leaves of a tree...

The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "wood ibis", though it is…

The native vine Campsis radicans, trumpet creeper, is described as extremely vigorous – if it were non-native, it would be described as rampantly invasive. It doesn’t creep – it leaps and can cover a tall chain link fence and anything else it finds to climb by aerial roots and twining in and out of openings.

With its long orange trumpet-shaped flowers, trumpet creeper is a hummingbird magnet.

J.S. Bach composed his St. Matthew Passion in 1727. But for the better part of a century after that, the piece essentially disappeared, unknown to all but…

Certain lizards, especially, are very popular and unfortunately one has become invasive in Florida and Georgia and is now established in our state.

A new law prohibits the sale of the Argentine black and white tegu lizard, requires their owners of them to microchip them, and owners must notify the state if one escapes.

An unusual bird, looking a little bit like a tanager, arrives in a listener's backyard. But, the coloring isn't right. The bird is an immature, male tanager, whose color quite different from a mature male's.

The colors of this bird can range from pale pink to bright magenta, depending on age, whether breeding or not, and location. Unlike herons, spoonbills fly with their necks outstretched.