Scientists have found a trigger for social learning in wild animals. An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single ...

I spend too many hours now in my backyard drawing birds ... ways that other people can enjoy birds. Bird feeders can be very expensive. Some that are store bought are $80. Not everyone can ...

There will be a Backyard Bird Feeder event 9 a.m.-noon Dec. 7 at Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge and the ...

With its happening bookstore-cafe, home-decor shops and farm-fresh food, Summerland makes for a low-key, charming and easily ...

Apply these principles to your home’s lighting plan to help keep lights out for birds and minimize wildlife disruption. According to the principles, responsible outdoor lighting is: If you’re ...

Seeing a few colorful sparrows or woodpeckers flitting through your yard or around a bird feeder can be charming, but there’s a darker side to having an outdoor space that attracts birds.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture suggests using a disinfectant foot bath with a scrub mat at the entrance of your chicken run or coop. Kari Koulmentas, who keeps most of her chickens ...

But, for ease, wouldn't it be nice to also have a list of what you can safely store once you know all the do-nots? There are endless possibilities for adding a shed to your backyard, and if you ...

Forest bathing is based on scientific evidence that time spent in nature is good for you. The term emerged in the 1980s from ...

CHICAGO >> H5N1 bird flu was detected in a pig in a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today. Pigs were the ...

When Vancouver resident James Lanz and his wife, Kate Ketcham, moved into their Cascade Park home nearly seven years ago, one of the first tasks they wanted to tackle was the landscaping. Grass covere ...

The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are investigating bird flu cases in a backyard farming operation that had a mix of poultry and livestock, including pigs, the agency said. “The livestock ...