Birds, such as blue and great tits, use fur to line their nests, exposing their offspring to pesticides used in veterinary treatments.

The emptiness of nature’s winter pantry is giving way to an abundant buffet as our migrating birds return. Maple and basswood trees extend a welcome, offering up sweet ambrosia to sustain ...

It is late February and remnant melting snow is teasing us with the promise of spring. As the snow recedes, it reveals secret stories that have been accumulating since fall, a window into the ...

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

Wildlife questions answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.

Related: Bird Proudly Shows Off Her Eggs to Human Caretaker in Irresistible ... One of which is their internal temperatures. Chickadees, for example, have an internal temperature of 107-109 ...

If you want some entertaining birds in your back yard this winter, get your feeders out while jays, flickers, chickadees and goldfinches are looking for a place to winter in. Keep the feeders full ...

Are you sick of winter and eager to see signs of spring? Cheer up, spring is on its way even if you can't a tulip yet.

are even smaller than chickadees, and eat almost exclusively insects, including their eggs. In these deep freezes, it seems like birds would have a hard time finding water, but their water needs ...

Keystone plants and trees like the Coast Live Oak and California lilac are key players in the health of your garden.

I have solitude, peace here,” says Stella Cruz, whose native plant garden was a gift from Pollinator Project Rogue Valley.

Snow, for all its inconveniences, is good for New England. It helps maintain our water supply and insulates plants from the ...