A Casper family hasn’t used its front door in a month after discovering finches had built a nest and laid eggs in a Christmas ...

When the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences put out a call for baby bird pictures last week on Facebook, the thread of comments eventually totaled in the hundreds. Fans shared pictures of blue robins' ...

Three nestlings beg for food, but the right-hand one is an imposter, an indigobird masquerading as a firefinch. Claire N. Spottiswoode It’s a warm wet day in Zambia and the rains are finally falling.

It’s that time of year here in our neck of Pennsylvania when it’s prime nesting season for our feathered friends. Case in point: Our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds. These ...

Protecting her kids from peril is the job of every good mom. When marauding mites turn up in a house finch's nest, she shelters her sons from the blood-suckers by laying male eggs later than those ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. One day in late May, I spotted some weedy crud on my porch sconce. It looked ...