Ancient DNA shows an endangered dove species endemic to Cuba is more genetically distinct than the dodo was before it died out. On first inspection, the Cuban blue-headed quail dove doesn't look like ...

The first eggshell began to break on March 7. With the tapping of a little beak, a Socorro dove emerged into the world. Ten ...

A dove which is extinct in the wild has hatched for the first time at a zoo as part of an international conservation breeding programme. The Socorro dove emerged from its egg in late August at ...

We were looking at a dove in my dad’s backyard near Yuma, Arizona. At first, I thought it was a mourning dove, then deciding it wasn’t, I looked for a collar on the back of the neck that would make it ...

Plenty of lessons are learned in Texas dove fields each fall and winter. Not all of them are pleasant. Dove hunters make mistakes like everyone else. Some screw-ups can be costly. Doves are migratory ...

LA JUNTA, Colo. — A highly lethal virus that spreads easily in some birds is causing a significant die-off of an invasive dove species in the lower Arkansas River valley near La Junta and Rocky Ford, ...

A Eurasian collared dove in flight. The slow descent into cooler temperatures as fall approaches means it's also the beginning of dove season for many North Texas hunters. Dove-hunting season began ...

The mourning dove is a familiar summer bird that is so common it is almost ubiquitous – but not quite. The dove is an “edge” species. It likes a mix of dense cover and open space, exactly the kind of ...

A tiny, plump visitor from the South this week has birders at Captree State Park atwitter over what may be the first sighting of a common ground dove in New York State. Normally found no further north ...

There are roughly 1,000 mature blue-headed quail doves left in the wild, and according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, that number is still decreasing. On first inspection, the ...