If you haven’t heard the familiar bobwhite quail call recently, there’s good reason. The population — in Ohio and across the parts of the U.S. where they’re native — has plummeted. It’s down 71% in ...

According to the Sibley Field Guide to Birds, the bobwhite is a short, squat member of the quail family, native to the Southeastern United States. With feathers in muted shades of red, brown, and ...

The pursuit of bobwhite quail in scruffy Missouri bottomlands is grand sport and there is a significant number of hard-core "bird hunters" who always have a good excuse for missing work or school ...

Conservation of bird species has been a major concern for decades. However, the rate of species loss is accelerating due to ...

The bobwhite quail used to roam all 67 counties of Pennsylvania, but the species disappeared from the state as land development drove them across the border. Now, the bird has finally come home to ...

It was a sound that quickly evoked fond memories of my boyhood in coastal South Carolina — the call of a bobwhite quail. We heard it many times last weekend during a morning bird walk in the Harris ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The bobwhite quail, which officially hasn't been in Pennsylvania for nearly a decade, is coming back home. The Pennsylvania Game Commission released 50 bobwhite quail at ...

Having a healthy human society is largely dependent on the state of the native ecosystem that surrounds it. Having a robust ecosystem can help the humans around it thrive. This is why aspiring ...

Northern bobwhite quail, the focus of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s latest effort to try to bring back a native wildlife species that, sadly, has disappeared from the state’s landscape, has ...

Many of Pennsylvania’s new wild northern bobwhite quail are adjusting to their new home in Franklin County and officials are looking forward to seeing quail chicks this summer. Through a partnership ...

The first wild bobwhite quail in Pennsylvania since the 1990s may be released onto a protected area of Franklin County as early as 2024. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at a recent ...

The rest of the state could soon make the bobwhite's acquaintance. The House Tourism Committee has unanimously approved a bill to make the bobwhite quail Missouri's official game bird. The bill's ...