With their vibrant red feathers and cheerful chirps, cardinals are birds that brighten up any garden. To attract them to your ...

Ornamental plants are a beautiful part of the holiday. Like many plants in our gardens and landscapes, some can be poisonous. One might wonder why a toxic plant would even ...

The omnivorous hamster can enjoy a range of edible treats, but not all the food that we humans can eat is appropriate for ...

On account of their diminutive stature, they can’t actually eat very much, but they love to rifle through what you offer them ...

We spoke to two gardening experts on ways to attract birds to the garden without a birdhouse, including native plants, ...

Rising carbon dioxide levels in the air are making plants grow larger and faster, but diluting their nutritional content.

House mice (Mus musculus) – the same kind that may be in your residence – have started to attack and kill albatrosses, eating them alive as they sit on their nests. I’m an ecologist who’s been ...

Sapsuckers are not that picky about which trees they will feed on but seem to prefer hollies, apples, elms, pines, maples and ...

Scientists have discovered a way to remove toxic compounds from potatoes and tomatoes, making them safer to eat and easier to ...

A study reveals the first evidence of California squirrels eating voles. Experts explain why this phenomenon is critical to future behavioral discoveries in animals.