Some pink-footed geese have begun migrating to the Arctic island of Novaya Zemlya in the summer to breed, nearly 1000 kilometres away from their usual breeding site on the island of Svalbard.

As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study offers some encouraging news: in an apparent reaction to pressures along their former migratory route, a ...

Minnesota's breeding duck and goose numbers were up significantly from last year, and the state had a record number of wetlands, according to Department of Natural Resources spring waterfowl surveys.

Snow geese are one of the most abundant species of waterfowl in the world, with a breeding range extending from Wrangel ...

As the planet warms, animals that breed in the Arctic are at particular risk. But a new study reported in Current Biology on March 1 offers some encouraging news: in an apparent reaction to pressures ...

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A survey by the Department of Natural Resources shows the number of breeding ducks and geese in Minnesota is significantly higher than last year. The Duluth News Tribune reports ...

Geese have a reputation for being one of the more aggressive breeds of birds kept as livestock, Chickens can be friendly and ducks can be easy going—but geese have not forgotten that they were once ...

A study of more than 100 greylag geese found individuals were consistently different in personality traits, ranging from boldness, aggressiveness, sociability to other behavioural traits. Birds of a ...

Sometime in the next few days, waves of snow geese will fill the sky across parts of North Dakota and western Minnesota as the birds race north toward their arctic breeding grounds. They're impressive ...