TINLEY PARK, Ill. ( WGN) – The Great American Dog and Cat Show is in Tinley Park for three full days of tail-wagging.

While this week's featured creature, the common grackle, can be found in the Ada area year-round, it is more abundant during ...

Sam Viles reports on the best birds seen in Britain, Ireland and Europe during 15-21 December 2025 in the BirdGuides Review of the Week. A mega lark on the Channel coast of France came as a shock, ...

This week’s featured creature may be one of the most commonly seen birds, as nearly every Walmart parking lot is populated with them. The great-tailed grackle is quite common, and you’ve almost ...

Charles Darwin described competitive interactions as one factor of natural selection and evolution, and present-day biologists usually emphasize this tenant whenever explaining basic, evolutionary ...

Researchers find that behavioral flexibility is related to exploration, and that great-tailed grackles disperse farther at their range edge Behavioral flexibility, the ability to adapt one’s behavior ...

This media is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's ...

I rarely observe grackles at or near my home southwest of Bemidji. Known to frequent backyard bird feeders, especially within urban areas, I only occasionally see grackles at my feeders and in the ...

“The great-tailed grackles are a serendipitous study system about whether flexibility is involved in a rapid geographic range expansion because they happen to be expanding their range,” said Logan, ...

Texas is home to more birds in the U.S. than any other state. With more than 600 species to see, there are quite a few that share the same gothic appearance as the blackbird. However, blackbirds ...

Seven years ago, the Itasca County area needed an animal rescue facility, so Great Tail Animal Rescue opened. They are a 100% foster-based operation, but have a temporary location in the Central ...