As cities expand, natural habitats are replaced with buildings, roads, and other infrastructure. This leads to habitat loss, ...

A survey of the house sparrow population in Thiruvananthapuram has revealed an alarming decline, raising serious ecological concerns among conservationists. The city’s transformation into a high-rise ...

The most common bird I see around my town is probably the House Sparrow. This little bird is quite cute and I like watching them flit around and interact with one another… even despite knowing that ...

No, I didn’t think so. “Dislike,” or something stronger, usually expresses people’s feelings about the ubiquitous little brown birds. They invade purple martin houses, take over bluebird boxes, crowd ...

Since I first started putting up bluebird nesting boxes back in 2016, I have had to think about a much less-beloved bird, the house sparrow, that also loves nesting in these boxes. House sparrows are ...

The house sparrow's Latin name is Passer domesticus. Passer is Latin for sparrow. Domesticus is you in your house and yard — domesticated. If you can't find people at a particular location you're ...

“What should I do to keep house sparrows from tormenting wrens and bluebirds? Should I take the birdhouses down?” asks Ruth Armstrong of Niles, Michigan. Many people love to attract nesting bluebirds.

I mostly write about native birds, species that have existed in California since long before European settlement. However, there are also a few species of local birds that are not native to the New ...

I doubt any species in this country is more overlooked than the house sparrow. In fact, they are actively despised by many because they are an exotic, invasive species. What’s more, they can bomb your ...

House sparrows, those little chestnut and brown birds with the cheery chirruping song, may be found in cities and countryside alike, but their numbers have dwindled by a whopping 60% in the past 45 ...