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

Walk into the woods and you are bound to find standing dead trees, otherwise known as snags. Here's what you may not know about them.

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 ...

In the cold, blustery days of January, one bird species brings joy and light ... reminding me of a nuthatch or chickadee. Other larger woodpeckers can’t do that either. Like other woodpecker ...

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 ...

(Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) A black-capped chickadee perches at Montrose ... of locations where people can find birds.” The price of eggs just hit an all-time high.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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