Wildlife

Worried about this weekend's below-freezing forecast? Get inspired by the mammals, insects and amphibians that thrive in the cold.

Driven south due to a poor conifer crop up north, evening grosbeaks, redpolls and bohemian waxwings will be looking for food in fallow fields, fruit trees and backyard feeders in parts of New England.

Vermont hawkwatch counting sites saw fewer numbers for the broad-winged hawk population this year.

Coyotes thrive in Vermont, but opinions of the animal as a pest linger. Burlington filmmaker Gaelen Kilburn explores a contested issue among Vermonters.

As the climate warms, scientists are working against the clock to solve a mystery about why the Bicknell's thrush, which travels thousands of miles to raise its young on mountaintops across Vermont and the Northeast, is declining.

A timber rattlesnake was removed from a yard in Grand Isle this summer — far from the only known breeding grounds in Vermont. Experts say it could have hitched a ride to the island in a car or boat.

Quebec’s first case since 2015 was found just a mile across the border from a rabid raccoon in Highgate.

For the last six years, retired vacationer Rick Willever has delivered live footage of a family of bald eagles to online viewers across Vermont and the country.

The state won’t apply for a federal grant to help fund construction for an underpass beneath I-89 and Route 2 in Waterbury, estimated to cost $50 million.

Vermont has the most birders per capita in the U.S., according to data from a popular birding app. The Birds of Vermont Museum recently hosted birders for the Great Backyard Bird Count.