YAKIMA – Ellie Barr puts out plenty of bird seed to make quail welcome around her central Washington state home, but she hardly expected any to nest beside the engine in her sport utility vehicle.

Every newly hatched quail chick or turkey poult is something of a miracle. And simply making it into the world is just the first hurdle these ground-nesting birds face when they peck their way onto ...

BASS RIVER TOWNSHIP _ It was just after sunrise when John Parke got out of his car here at the Pine Island Cranberry Co. and heard the first one. It was music to his ears. The “bob” was soft and slow.

A bobwhite quail translocation study currently underway on private property in Polk County has shown some promising results and interesting findings regarding predation of active nests this year, ...

Hunters can apply to hunt on Wildlife Management Areas for duck and quail through Oct. 15. And applications for wood duck ...

Texas quail and Texas quail hunters live in a boom-or-bust world, their intertwined fates annually determined, to a large degree, by the roll-of-the-dice capriciousness of Texas weather. Get lucky — ...

Texas' Rolling Plains, a mosaic of mostly grasslands peppered with mesquite and other modest trees, in no way resembles the scenic, verdant, rocky hills of Greece. And the Rolling Plains' fist-size, ...

To find new things, take a path you took yesterday. — John Burroughs, American naturalist Dear Gary: We live in a somewhat rural area in north Morgan Hill and our property borders open space (hilly) ...

There have been many stories of mothers throughout the animal kingdom risking their lives to protect their young. Some, like lions, defend their cubs through ferocious battles, while others, such as ...