Then there is the Czech Španělský ptáčky, meaning Spanish bird. The Dutch, too, evoke our feathered friends with the name ...

What happens to animals when their friends are stressed? Is it possible to document the spread of stress within groups of ...

If you’ve ever seen an Australian finch, you know that it has a brightly colored red, orange, or yellow bill. But how and why ...

Similarities: Purple and house finches are relatively small songbirds, about 5-6 inches in length. Adult males have reddish- ...

Every year at Thanksgiving, people gather to spend time with friends and family to share a meal and company — often including ...

Rare autumn weather has not dampened enthusiasm for spotting colorful ring-necked rooster pheasants, stately male and hen ...

Nearby, Ginty Cawston’s original stone cabin still stands, a cultural icon of days when Cawston’s namesake ranched along the ...

Sometimes the most common things are extraordinarily beautiful, especially if we just slow down and really take a look. The ...

Darwin’s Finches on Daphne Major Island, New Edition,” by evolutionary biologists Peter Grant and Rosemary Grant is the ...

Since Oct. 29, I’ve enjoyed watching up to five purple finches at our bird feeders. Last year I didn’t see one until Nov. 15. These early birds are a bit of a surprise: biologists say this ...

When the snows come, a great way to help out the late-migrating birds, as well as those that stick around all winter, is to ...

Birders predict which species, including finches, will visit the Adirondacks this winter based on available food sources.