Attracting colorful songbirds to your yard is certainly an enjoyable experience, but some species can create more problems than they are worth. Blue jays, with their beautiful plumage and bold ...

It's always fun to watch birds perched on your backyard trees or feeding stations. And if they happen to be a rare sight in your area? You could easily spend a few hours looking up their ID, logging ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

Everyone wants a safe and healthy yard they can actually use, whether it's for playing with your pets or kids, having a cookout, or simply relaxing. Unfortunately, pests can quickly unravel such plans ...

During spring, bird-watchers are like storm-chasers, those people who go looking for tornadoes on the Midwestern Plains. Bird-watchers are looking instead for migratory songbirds on the Texas Coastal ...

How does iridescence work? From rainbow bubbles to beautiful birds, bugs, and gemstones. Why is a soap bubble rainbow? What makes an oil slick beautiful? Iridescent colors, which transform depending ...

Fall is always an exciting season for birdwatching. Many migrant bird species, like flycatchers, warblers, shorebirds and raptors start showing up in our region in large numbers. Sometimes certain ...

The beautiful melody of birds early in the morning is the best thing to hear. But do all birds sing in the morning? And why ...