Ideally, you should position your bird feeder around 10 feet away from trees or shrubs to prevent squirrels from jumping onto ...

In a prairie full of wildflowers, Erica Henry got down on all fours, then ducked under a low mesh tent, one of 10 homemade ...

With temperatures topping 110 degrees Fahrenheit, photographer Hardik Shelat wasn't the only one trying to keep cool.

Before male Drosophila flies (fruit flies) can become fathers, they must attract mates, and that requires them to produce ...

If you are interested in birds, you really have to be interested in birds songs — and really any kind of sounds birds make. Generally the term “bird calls” is used to encompass sounds of any kind, but ...

Found around the world, squirrels are a common wild rodent. These mammals are active, curious, and quick. But how long do ...

Snakes are typically regarded as land-dwelling creatures. But in the forests of southern Asia, a remarkable lineage has taken ...

Bald eagle lovers in Michigan can watch three eaglets stretch their wings as they get closer to taking their first flights.

By 2050, almost 70% of the world's population will live in cities—20% more than today. As cities expand, the natural world ...

The act recognized that, as a consequence of economic growth and development untampered by adequate concern for conservation, species were becoming imperiled. The purpose of the act is to provide a ...

Flying squirrels, like so many overlooked species, depend on dead and dying trees, called snags, for survival. We humans have a bad habit of tidying up nature, cutting down “messy” deadwood ...

Flying squirrels, a species of squirrel that has a flap of skin stretched between its front and hind legs to enable it to fly over jumps between trees, have amazing flight characteristics.