What you plant makes a big difference to wildlife. You can attract birds with native plants that provide food: insects, nectar, berries, nuts and seeds. Providing water, shelter and places to nest will also make your yard bird-friendly.

Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration wants to keep offshore wind farms at least 24 nautical miles away from the North Carolina coast. Advocates say doing so would strike a death knell for wind energy off North Carolina.

Eating right is always important when you travel, especially if you are a tiny sparrow or hummingbird flying 2,000 miles across the Gulf of Mexico into the U.S. or Canada. Learn how you can help migrants along their journey.

Curtis Smalling of the High Country Audubon Society leads area bird conservation efforts. Read more in this WNC Magazine profile of his work.

At the end of migration season – birds collected by Lights Out volunteers will be donated to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, home to one of the Southeast’s largest bird collections.

The NewsHour’s Cat Wise follows a group of researchers as they track and study the piping plover in its winter habitat.

Despite the onslaught of cold and snow expected in Western North Carolina, birders will be showing some bird love this Valentine's Weekend during the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Outer Banks Kayak Tours offers visitors a glimpse of the Pine Island Audubon Sanctuary, among other trips, which offers secluded water trails and solitude to explore the natural habitat of the area.

Native plants provide food to birds year round. FOX8’s Natalie Wilson shares some of the plants experts say you will want to put in the ground to help our friends in the air.