It’s nesting season again. For something so basic and so essential to avian life, I believe that the act of nesting is misunderstood by many. Let’s go over some very basic stuff and ...

Spring usually unfolds slowly, carefully, like the wings of a monarch butterfly as it labors into its new life after escaping its pupa. This year, spring exploded, like the seeds of a ...

Lawmakers considered the goldfinch. Kids liked the scarlet tanager best. The whole thing took more than three decades.

The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...

Jim Abrams offers insight on one of his favorite jobs as a game protector for the Division of Wildlife: placing and ...

The farmers are planting 60,000 trees and shrubs over the next six years to create wood pasture that provides important ...

I woke up with a splitting headache and bloody sinuses. Every muscle in my body ached and I was utterly exhausted even after ...

Birds are always up to something, and these entries captured an array of avians doing everything from impaling prey to ...

As UNC Asheville takes steps to assess a beloved 45-acre wooded property in Five Points, neighbors call for a pause, many fearing the worst.

Recently a new visitor showed up at my bird feeding area by the house. Every once in awhile one of these creatures will show ...

We are at a critical time and supporting climate journalism is more important than ever. Science News and our parent organization, the Society for Science, need your help to strengthen ...

With nesting season just around the corner for these diminutive avians, wildlife experts advise to trim trees and shrubs now so as not to disrupt them when they are caring for their young. (Glenn ...