I am no stranger to traveling hundreds or even thousands of miles to see, study and document some of nature’s most wonderful events. For over 35 years I have traveled to see the epic migration of ...

The Kratt brothers fly after a purple martin to watch their eating and nesting habits. The Kratt brothers follow a purple martin to the river where they watch him feeding on hatching mayflies. Later, ...

Dick Nikolai of Appleton spent his professional career dedicated to Wisconsin's wildlife, including animals tiny and large, abundant and endangered and game and non-game. But in retirement he's ...

Environmental activism begins locally at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden as it plans to host its first purple martin conservation ...

The purple martin is one of Tennessee's most beloved summer residents. And the feeling is mutual. In the eastern U.S., the purple martin depends almost entirely on man-made birdhouses for nesting ...

My old aluminum purple martin house has supported generations of purple martin families — but not in the last few years. I’m not sure why the old house lost its appeal to the birds. The house was ...

PORT ANGELES — A colorful, melodious and regular visitor to the North Olympic Peninsula has new digs on the shoreline. Members of the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, Port of Port Angeles and Port ...

Imagine the feeling of always knowing where you are going without a fear of being lost. While that’s a foreign concept for many humans, purple martins are able to travel thousands of miles and they ...