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 ...

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 ...

A researcher at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation is about to affix a radio transmitter to a hen bobwhite quail to study bird movements and habitat use. About a quarter century ago I shared ...

On an early January morning, Raleigh Lowder let loose his two hunting dogs, 2-year-old English pointer Dottie and 10-year-old German short hair Doc, to scour the grounds of Bobwhite Hills Wild ...

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 ...

The translocation efforts to create a wild northern bobwhite quail population in central Pennsylvania are off to a strong start as it appears there may be more birds now than in the spring. The ...

A surprise bobwhite at my chicken coop leads to a deeper look at what these birds are—and why so many creatures, humans included, love to eat them.

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 ...

University of Delaware faculty and students are bringing bobwhite quail back to Pennsylvania. Working with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, UD is playing a key role in a reintroduction project at ...

Before dawn one day last month, I drove along a farm road in Waller County to see the rare lineup of six planets. I also saw another uncommon sight as the sun came up — a bobwhite quail calling from a ...

The Agriculture Department is pooling $13 million in Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding toward Northern Bobwhite habitat projects under a new program. Undersecretary for Farm Production ...