Winter is a great time for attracting birds to your yard. The ubiquitous crowned sparrows have arrived. Year-round goldfinches eat shelled sunflower and Nyjer seed with a far greater appetite than in ...

More than 52 million Americans feed wild birds or other wildlife around their houses, according to Bird Watching Daily. More than 80% of about 1,300 participants surveyed by Millikin University said ...

“Attract the good bugs, and birds to eat the bad bugs.” When facing the elements, viticulturists are willing to do just about anything to safely and naturally solve their disease and biodiversity woes ...

A: Birds are very beneficial as insect controllers and probably more effective than pest controllers. A large number of birds subsist almost entirely on insects, and they can be very beneficial around ...

There were many bugs on our windshield after the Cheyenne Audubon field trip to Glendo last month, a good indicator of insect abundance. Many birds depend on them during nesting season. There are ...

They’re described variously as “pieces of moving bark,” “long-tailed scraps of brown,” and “tiny dry leaves blown by the wind.” We’re talking brown creepers, birds easily overlooked but fascinating to ...

When longtime Evanston resident Laine Hoffman looks out her window at night, she said her yard is aglow with lightning bugs. Across the fence, her neighbors’ yards are dark, she said. The difference?

Prehistoric dinosaur birds preferred to snack on insects instead of fish, a new study has revealed. It had been believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family's long beaks with sharp ...