To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

(CNN) — From the rainforests of Central and South America to the savannas of northern Australia, the world’s equatorial regions are home to thousands of unique bird species, from macaws to toucans to ...

A recent study has found that extreme heat driven by climate change is responsible for up to a 38 percent decline in the abundance of tropical birds, when compared to a theoretical world without ...

A mostly tropical bird was seen flitting around in Colorado, according to KUSA. While novel, its presence could be seen as an ill omen — or a freak occurrence. An anhinga was seen in Boulder County ...

The Little Rock Zoo announced this week that it had closed its Tropical Bird House to the public in response to confirmed cases of avian flu in Faulkner and Prairie counties amid a nationwide outbreak ...

BOULDER, Colo. — A rare tropical bird has been spotted in Colorado, drawing the attention of excited birdwatchers. An anhinga, also known as a "snake bird," has appeared in eastern Boulder County, ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them. The tropical bird is generally found in South America and southern Florida, ...

Aug. 21, 2025 Updated Thu., Aug. 21, 2025 at 3:02 p.m. A juvenile wood stork feeds near the shoreline of Alexx & Michael's Pond in Broomfield, Colorado, on Aug. 21, 2025. The tropical bird, rarely ...

The Little Rock Zoo is temporarily closing its Tropical Bird House after two cases of avian flu were found near the zoo.

Extreme heat poses grave threat to tropical birds The notion that bird populations are steeply declining is not new – a 2019 study found bird populations in the US and Canada have dropped by 30% since ...