Phoenix is believed to be home to the world's largest colony of rosy-faced lovebirds outside of their native Africa.

Few animals depend on timing as tightly as the kākāpō. This flightless parrot is found only on a few predator-free islands ...

Raising backyard chickens has exploded in popularity in recent years. Many people are building chicken coops to save money on ...

In the late 1950s, China launched a nationwide campaign to eliminate sparrows, blaming them for crop losses. The effort initially appeared successful, as bird populations collapsed across the country.

In North America’s spring, a bubbly song burbles up from some grassy meadows, the song of the breeding male bobolink. It is a “bubbling, jangling warble with short notes on widely different pitches; ...

London Breed has said little in the year since she left office. She has thoughts on the praise that the current mayor, Daniel Lurie, has received. London Breed, the former mayor of San Francisco, is ...

The house sparrow is about 15 centimeters long and weighs about 25–35 grams. It has brown and black striped upperparts and gray undersides. The male has a black throat patch and gray skullcap, while ...

Parents are demanding answers after a Baltimore County high school wrestling team was left without a ride home following a match Tuesday night, after what they describe as a heated confrontation ...

In 1991, the Mennen Company marketed a deodorant line to teenage girls called Teen Spirit. But the name backfired, as older kids shunned anything branded as “teen.” Instead, the deodorant was used ...

IN 1958, UNDER the rule of Mao Zedong, China began the Great Leap Forward, a four-year attempt to transform the country from an agrarian society into a modern industrialised one. It was a disaster: ...

The orioles are gone now and as we slip into the mellow days of fall the nectar feeder hanging just outside my office window seems less exciting as only hummingbirds are buzzing about. But movement at ...

Turns out, this bird you can change. An escaped parakeet has joined a flock of sparrows and has been living free in the wilds of Central Park for the past month — but the bright green birdie only has ...