Sign up to receive the Future Tense newsletter every other Saturday. For the first few days, I ignored the teeny bugs crawling around my bathroom window sill at night ...

The black-capped chickadees coming to your seed feeders get 20 to 25% of their nourishment there. There is research to support the numbers. Those birds have a usual nesting territory of 6 to 10 acres.

When longtime Evanston resident Laine Hoffman looks out her window at night, she said her yard is aglow with lightning bugs. Across the fence, her neighbors’ yards are dark, she said. The difference?

Bringing more birds into your garden does more than just add color and song. It creates a sense of liveliness and peace, making your outdoor space feel relaxing. Birds are drawn to places where they ...

Bugs? I’ve never been a fan. Just ask my husband about when a misguided fly gets in my kitchen – not good news for the fly! With other creatures, I take a more peaceful tact – I scoop them up and pop ...

If you've wanted to have a deeper connection with the plants and wildlife in your yard, Bird Buddy's new camera is here to help. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, ...

Attention wildlife fans: If you want to help support wild bird populations, you might want to rethink the bird feeder. Because of a vicious salmonellosis outbreak this winter, wildlife officials in ...

Philadelphia might be a concrete jungle full of tall skyscrapers and rumbling cars, but the city is also home to hundreds of species of birds and plants, even snakes and slime (yes, slime). Urban ...

Gardeners, we’ve once again experienced too many days without substantial rainfall, though this week's weather outlook shifted (however slightly with increased rain chances) according to our local ...