Bringing more birds into your garden does more than just add color and song. It creates a sense of liveliness and peace, ...

For eastern phoebes, a single nest requires so much incubating that splitting up the effort is almost sure to fail.

Providing nesting material for birds might seem like a good idea, but it's something you should avoid if you want feathered friends living in your birdhouses.

Mexican plum is a tree you can plant in your yard if you want to attract birds and butterflies. As a bonus, this tree offers ...

Bees are essential to the health of the Earth’s ecosystems, but the populations of many species are dwindling. These ...

Lookout Fire burned most of a forest in Oregon. What's unfolding in the aftermath could inform the future of other forests ...

The birds nest among leaf litter and on patches of scorched, bare ground during the dry season, and their clutch-survival rates are directly linked to how well they’re camouflaged.

Birds can nest in inconvenient spots like flower pots, planters, and hanging baskets. There are rules against disturbing ...

Still, if you're impatient and/or have a short growing season, it's not a bad idea to go with fast-growing plants that pay ...