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I was replacing the suet on my balcony, and started thinking about upgrading and getting an actual bird feeder. These days, ...

Wet Wood, a rare wetland habitat located at the heart of WWT Washington Wetland Centre in Wearside, has been closed for more than 10 years but has reopened as part of the centre’s 50th birthday ...

At one point in the history of the U.S. one bird so dominated the skies that its flocks numbered in the tens of millions, but ...

There are more than 500 recognized species of shark living today. Sharks can be found in all of the world’s oceans, and even ...

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Two different views of scarlet tanagers, one of the more dramatically colored birds of the Chicago area, and a big flathead ...

Welcome back to Upcoming Comics! This week the baby Robins who had been nesting on my back deck flew away. I’d been watching their progress tirelessly ever since the mama bird started ...

In her May 2025 editor’s note (“ The social contract ”) Jennifer Sahn said that transferring public land, or any “public good,” to private hands should be considered “un-American.” As a student of ...

One of the loudest and most colorful birds of eastern back yards and woodlots, the Blue Jay is unmistakable. Intelligent and adaptable, it may feed on almost anything, and it is quick to take ...