Claim to fame: Pied-billed grebes are among the more secretive residents of Missouri’s wetland areas, which makes sightings of these small, duck-like birds a special occurrence for birders and nature ...

Viral Video Today: While people can’t defy the laws of physics and walk on water like Jesus Christ, more than 1200 animals have developed the ability. Many tiny creatures such as insects and spiders ...

World governments have missed their goal of stemming biodiversity loss by this year, instead biodiversity loss has worsened according to scientists and policy-makers, and a little rusty-colored bird, ...

Western grebes are the characters of the marsh in the Klamath Basin. Unlike ducks and geese, they don't spook easily. They seem to not mind having human eyes on them, though they are prone to diving ...

Sheila A. Mahoney and Joseph R. Jehl, Jr. Data from captive Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) suggest that the birds do not like the taste of Mono Lake (California) water, which is highly alkaline ...

Gurgaon: A little grebe, a small diving bird and resident at Najafgarh lake, was found entangled in fishing nets and struggling to free itself on Monday. In a stroke of luck, a group of birders from ...

Kylie Clatterbuck, wildlife center manager for International Bird Rescue, releases a Western grebe back into the water. Credit: International Bird Rescue photo More than a dozen Western grebes were ...

Shallow, marshy areas on Lake Osakis have long been a popular nesting area for western grebes — a bird that winters on the Pacific coast before spreading east to establish a mate, which includes a ...