The New England Wildlife Center said they received a call about the Purple Gallinule resting on top of the woman's air ...

More than 300 bird species call Massachusetts home, but the purple gallinule isn’t one of them. The tropical bird is ...

A New Bedford resident recently found a purple gallinule in her backyard. Others were spotted in Maine and Vermont.

Ornithologists Henry Pollock (left) and Jeff Brawn (right) tested the temperature tolerance of tropical birds across habitats within Neotropical forests, finding a greater range of tolerance than ...

As winter takes hold, look no further than the National Aviary as the place to trade gloomy weather for tropical splendor. The new season “Seaside Escape” showcases the magnificence of all the ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

A tropical species of bird was found in a woman's New Bedford backyard after rain pummeled most of Massachusetts all day on ...

When you hear about Pennsylvania, does the word “tropical” come to mind? A limpkin, a tropical wetland bird, was spotted in Pennsylvania for the first time in recorded history on July 7. The Miami ...

Research teams studying bats and birds gather in Panama’s Soberanía National Park to celebrate the launch of a long-term census of bats designed to complement the bird census, which will celebrate its ...

According to the New England Wildlife Center, while the species is native to tropical and subtropical wetlands, it’s not ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBS12) — The final two of four Dominican nationals have been sentenced for their roles in smuggling tropical birds from the United States on Monday. The U.S. Department of ...