A ghostly fish has been caught in a Vermont pond, surprising many who saw its photograph. Caden Hurley was fishing in a central Vermont pond when he reeled in the usual catch, Vermont Fish & Wildlife ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When you picture a cardinal in your head, you probably think of a bird with brilliant red feathers and a black face around its bill. Surprisingly though, in rare cases, these birds ...

Peggy Guthrie of rural Long Grove, Iowa, snapped this photo of an unusual female northern cardinal sitting in her weeping mulberry tree. I forwarded it to Steve Hager, an associate professor of ...

Leucism is a genetic condition that causes a partial loss of pigment. Here's the nominees for Clarion Ledger girls Athlete of the Week for Dec.1-6 Here's the nominees for Clarion Ledger boys Athlete ...

Last week’s birding column included a discussion of leucistic birds — partial albinos — but without photos. Several readers responded. Steve Smith emailed me links to great photos he shot of a ...

Imagine staring out your back window, watching the birds come to your feeder. You see Carolina wrens, Carolina chickadees, and a northern cardinal. Wait, is it a cardinal? You see what appears to be a ...