Environmental advocates claim federal wildlife regulators have ignored science by doubling down on agricultural exceptions that reduce species protections for the streaked horned lark. The Center for ...

There are roughly 750 kinds of birds in the United States. So, what are the chances that one of them, Horned Lark, would grace the covers of two major birding magazines this month? Not only that, each ...

The bird world made a pretty dramatic swing from winter toward spring this week, but you had to be in the right place to see it. The change took place along roadsides throughout the Red River Valley.

GRAND FORKS – In my opinion, the horned lark deserves more attention than it gets. This little bird of the open country is an early spring migrant. In open winters, some horned larks are stragglers in ...

Environmentalists want the federal government to increase protections for the threatened bird found in Oregon and Washington state. A federal judge in Oregon has sided with two environmental ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity and Bird Alliance of Oregon, a federal judge found that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2022 determination that the ...

Several weeks ago, we were making our second winter pilgrimage to Lamar Valley hoping to add additional birds to our January list and images to our stock files. The snow was deeper than we have ever ...

Streaked horned lark photo by David Maloney, USFWS. This photo is available for media use. “With today’s decision, these unique prairie species have a fighting chance,” said Noah Greenwald, the Center ...

Center for Natural Lands Management An environmental group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to increase protections for a small ground-nesting bird called the streaked horned lark. The lark ...

For some birds, a wide-open field is the only place they are comfortable, and they spend their life avoiding trees. Some of these field birds probably never sit on a tree branch. Their special niche ...