During Indiana’s early statehood, the northern cardinal was far less common than it is today. The species favored warmer climates farther south and appeared only sporadically in parts of the Midwest.

A northern cardinal on a post in winter - Ken Winkler/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's something almost magical about seeing cardinals against a ...

Times readers were invited to share their drawings of the avian life around them. Here are more of our favorites. By The New York Times All through the summer, as part of our birding project, The ...

What Does a Northern Cardinal Bird Look Like? It’s hard to resist a northern cardinal bird. They’re lively, bright and amazing songsters. Amid the browns, blues and greens of the natural world, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thanks largely to their vivid colors and melodic vocalizations, cardinals are extremely popular with backyard birders throughout ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gators are normally the animal of choice at the University of Florida. But this month, a yellow cardinal has soared to the top of the university’s popularity list. The rare bird, a ...

One common backyard bird that may be taken for granted also has romantic attributes worthy of Valentine’s Day. In the brown bleakness of mid-winter, the male Northern cardinal brings a flash of bright ...