This video shows a young spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) perched quietly among the branches of a tropical forest. Covered in thick white down, the chick has large dark eyes surrounded by ...

When hundreds of cliff swallows turned Gate 9 into their preferred nesting site this spring, Redstone officials faced an ...

We all know the story of the hungry caterpillar. In preparation to become a butterfly, caterpillars eat as much as they can. This includes the black swallowtail caterpillar, which chows down on dill ...

Woodpeckers have been stereotyped as birds that pound tree trunks in search of insects and somehow avoid getting headaches.

The Habitat Patch Program guides City of Trees residents who want their yards to be habitats where birds and insects thrive.

Then I saw it over my head, and I ran home to get my mom’s phone.” Seeing a nesting pair of Mississippi kites in the District ...

Are you tired of mosquitoes and other pests around your yard but hesitate to use pesticides? Learn about the bird that could ...

If you’ve noticed your hummingbird feeder hasn’t had too many visitors this summer, you’re not alone. A listener wrote in ...

If you garden, you have likely encountered aphids on trees, shrubs or other garden plants in your landscape. Identifiable by ...

It’s pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the degree to ...

Lurking in the shadows of many ecosystems are animals whose main motivations are, quite literally, to hijack the bodies of ...

It's pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the degree to ...