Discover the best winter foods, feeder placement ideas, and maintenance tips to keep your backyard birds healthy.

Plus sparrow shout fests, more robins sticking around in winter, turkeys love acorns and how to prevent window strikes.

Add cheer to your garden by growing low-maintenance sunflowers. After the flower petals fade, sunflower seeds feed hungry ...

Learn how leaf piles, dead stems, and natural shelters support overwintering insects and animals in your backyard.

Creatures consuming species that contain deadly toxins have evolved a suite of clever strategies to stay alive.

Safford, his team and this writer are in the Inyo National Forest in the Southern Sierra Nevada mountains, more than 11,000 ...

When you’re watching for this songbird, look out below. The Eastern towhee spends most of its time on the ground, whether ...

Walk through an oak stand in late summer or fall, and you’ll spot leaves dotted with neat little spheres, also known as galls ...

The global search for the most intelligent animals has become one of science’s most captivating pursuits. From jungles to ...

We're deep into fall here in northern Illinois, and a thick layer of leaves crunch underfoot. While many of us are gearing up ...

Now is the time to plan next year’s garden with butterflies and moths in mind. Though less efficient pollinators than bees, ...

Next time you're at Costco trying to narrow down what kind of chicken items to get, consult this list so you get the tastiest ...