Hunter Roberts, South Dakota Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, celebrated National Ag Week March 16-22 with visits with local farmers, ranchers and agricultural industry leaders.

The first purple martins of the year have been spotted in South Dakota, marking the start of spring migration. These birds travel up to 7,000 miles from Brazil to their breeding grounds in North ...

With legs built for the runway and a gaze that commands respect, this striking figure moves through the wild like it owns ...

And on all sides, the air is alive with the songs of desert birds. The deserts of the Southwest provide excellent birding. These arid lands support a rich variety of birds, including some birds that ...

This year’s spelling bee is special because it coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

South Dakota News Watch Amanuel Gemechis, a 14-year-old student at George S. Mickelson Middle School in Brookings, will ...

More than five years after a landmark study in the journal Science showed that North American bird populations declined by nearly 30% since 1970, a new report finds that the concerning trend is ...

That includes 42 red-alert species facing perilously low populations, such as Allen's Hummingbird, Tricolored Blackbird, and Saltmarsh Sparrow—birds that are at risk without immediate intervention." ...

Cameron Monte Smith, 50, a Canadian citizen, was sentenced to U.S. prison for destroying two energy facilities in North Dakota and South Dakota. Smith was sentenced to 25 years in prison and ...

So after consulting with child psychologists, the show’s lead writer wrote a scene in which Big Bird served as a surrogate for their ... In my neighbourhood in the east end of Toronto, many parents ...

This bird measures between 25 and 27 cm and has a short tail. The male is mostly black with dark brown shades on its body and a white stripe on its forehead. Its chest features an iridescent shield ...

H5N1 strain of the bird flu has impacted more than 166 million birds in backyard and commercial poultry operations since 2022, and Iowa flocks have been hit harder than any other state, in terms of ...