Locate your feeders in a spot that's shielded from strong winds. Downwind of tall evergreen trees or in the shelter of a ...

There are flecks of gold that flutter into Yellowstone National Park each spring. The tiny Wilson’s warbler, with its bright ...

The movement to “rewild” yards and cultivate more naturalistic spaces through home gardening continues to gain momentum.

Gardeners are being urged to hang up their old CDs in their gardens over winter to help defend against pests - and it's all ...

Do you know why blue-footed boobies have blue feet? Author Laura Erickson does, and you’ll find the answers to this and many other great questions in her book, The Bird Watching Answer Book. (For the ...

Well, the snow is coming, and from the usual platitudes of "it's so pretty" to the down-and-dirty endless shoveling, and ...

Each winter, thousands of small black-and-white birds arrive in the Maltese Islands, staying from October until early spring.

Nevertheless, it is believed in our culture that there was once a time when the Earth was young, and humans, animals, and celestial beings spoke to each other. In fact, most of our folk tales are ...

Please note some “pests” like bees and certain birds are protected species. Using harm free and preventative methods ...

What I do not recall from my visits to the Kootenays in those years are black, wattle-necked turkeys strutting along the ...

Here are just a few of the legends surrounding our most popular Christmas plants. This spiny shrub with scarlet red berries ...

I grew up during the cold war. My hometown’s noon whistle always sounded like an air raid and reminded me of the dangerous ...