There’s more to bird migration patterns than meets the eye. Learn when and how birds migrate and discover which species makes ...

Where should you put your bird feeder? Location, location, location -- it's not just a term for real estate agents. Where and ...

In 2024, scientists split the House Wren into seven species. Of the bunch, six can only be found in the tropics, but the ...

Ask just about anyone to list their five favorite birds and black-capped chickadees invariably make the cut. We all love chickadees for their acrobatic activity, devil-may-care attitude and funny ...

Chickadees replace 30 percent of their old neurons to make room for new memories in their hippocampus. The expansion of the hippocampus is one of the most impressive aspects of any bird. Seasonal ...

But where you live determines more than just whether you see juncos year-round or seasonally; it also determines what type of junco you might see. With one of the largest numbers of subspecies for any ...

Black-capped chickadee is perched on a snowy stump with seed mix in winter park and eating.© Saeedatun/Shutterstock.com Birds don’t get enough credit for the magnificent creatures they are. Many ...

Unlike bears, groundhogs are true hibernators. During hibernation, they don’t eat and rely on the fat stores they have built ...

“I took a picture of a chickadee that visits my backyard every day. She loves sunflower seeds and can feed all day in the summer or winter,” says Birds & Blooms reader John Pizniur of Red Deer, ...

It’s not seaweed. They’ve been called the “lungs of the sea.” And while certain marine microbes could also compete for that ...