Explore the significance of seeing a cardinal. The beautiful red birds could be trying to tell you something when they show ...

Chelsea Curry is a second-generation bird-watcher, so she knew she was seeing something special in February 2020, when a handsome lemon-yellow songbird made his first appearance at her bird feeders… ...

Identifying birds by their songs adds zest to birding Some birds sing just for the pure joy of celebrating a beautiful morning. The wood thrush is one of Georgia's sweetest singing songbirds.

Cultural significance Many of the most interesting Northern Cardinal facts relate to their cultural significance over time. They've been the state bird of North Carolina since 1942.

Another common "backyard bird," the northern cardinal also calls North Carolina its official home state. Though it was once only common to the Southeast, the cardinal's northern migration may be ...

New research suggests that populations of the Northern Cardinal -- one of the most ubiquitous backyard birds in the United States -- are undergoing speciation in two adjacent deserts. This study ...

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is offering a free app, Merlin Bird ID, that can identify the sounds of 458 bird species across North America. This bird is a yellow-throated warbler.

A female cardinal is seemingly attracted to the male based partially on the vigor of his song, perhaps because a strong song means strong genes that can be passed on to her chicks.

Cardinal Rule: Female Birds Sing, Too Many people assume only male birds do the singing. But females also sing in at least 660 species and perhaps many more.