Scientists have tagged birds for more than 100 years. That preservation program might be defunded. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript ...

They are small, simple bands of aluminum, most of them, with an eight- or nine-digit number boldly indented along their length and a few words and numbers in smaller script crammed above and below.

It's summer, which means that it's also hummingbird migration season! If you want a chance to see these delicate creatures up ...

One of the best tools for hummingbird tracking is through banding, which involves placing a numbered metal ring on a bird’s leg and then releasing it. When that individual is captured or found again, ...

Science can be fun and still be real science. A free program here in East Tennessee gives non-scientists an opportunity for hands-on learning. Annabel and Oliver Dattilo have taken part in the program ...

A handful of teenagers sits inside a dark conference room, eyes fixed on a window that faces a garden. They remain still and quiet to not scare away their targets, which fly around and only ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Get a closer look at feathered friends at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Early Bird Gets the Band event taking place at the Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetery on Saturday ...