Some cavity-nesting animals provide great opportunities for attracting nature to the backyard.For those looking to learn more ...

Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals. An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single factor --immigration -- that can cause birds to pay close attention to others, ...

Bluebirds begin scouting out nest boxes as early as late February ... rarely even four or five. Bluebird eggs are a little larger and a deeper blue than robin eggs. Eastern bluebirds found in the ...

A book titled “Stick From the Hawk Nest,” by our beloved late native naturalist George A. Seaman, mentions this about our ...

I considered and rejected several alternatives. Free rein? —but that suggested an unappealing level of license. Better ...

For example, the parasitic cowbird egg sticks out in the nest among an American robin’s blue eggs. Typically, the robin ...

Our pick is Blue Steel, the brilliant 1990 action thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, ...