Native plants are more than just part of the scenery. They’re the backbone of functioning ecosystems — especially for native birds and insects. When these plants disappear, so do the species that ...

What Do Cardinal Eggs Look Like? There are a few ways to identify Northern cardinal eggs. First, look at their general color. The eggs of these birds come in hues of off-white, such as grayish white ...

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting We used to raise a couple of corn crops each year. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter How did you do that? We stood the farm on its ...

Learn what a fox sparrow looks like and where to find this bird. Also learn about the fox sparrow's favorite foods, song and nesting habits.

Give your vampire-fighting allies something worth fighting for. Provide a safe environment with a variety of foods, water, ...

Researchers at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University discovered that hippocampal place cells in ...

Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Let’s pretend that we’re back in high school and our teacher gives us a quiz. Here’s the first question: Which animal uses tools, can imagine the perspective of others and ...