Shirley MacFarland’s weekly community column featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Strongsville.

Conservationists and hunters converged in Kansas City over the weekend as thousands attended the third National Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic held in the Show-Me State.

Jim the Wonder Dog was a setter born in March 1925 in Missouri. He was supposed to be a quail dog, but that didn't quite pan out.

A group of protesters made their voices heard with signs and T-shirts on Sunday in front of Port St. Lucie City Hall.

They are calling for backyard chickens to be allowed in all areas of St. Lucie County. It's an issue they've been advocating for since 2011. The county allows backyard farms but only in unincorporated ...

There’s something so inherently hopeful about spring, and the joy that comes from seeing new life take root in nature is ...

ROBINS are just one surefire indicator of spring. Hurray for their arrival. Hurray for their tenacity to adapt and overcome ...

Billie’s not keen on having a gecko in the house—even less so after we discover two in different rooms the next day—but ...

Suddenly birds that never seem to fly ... in nests scraped out of the ground. The highly social quail form large family groups or coveys of 20 or more and can frequently be seen moving as a ...

Birds in the United States can be affected by avian flu, also called H5N1 bird flu or avian influenza. But can it affect your ...

Scientists discovered two Jurassic bird fossils in China, pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, ...

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds.