Editor's note: This following edition of Nature News is a 2017 column, with 2024 updates, including a reference to our most recent snow storm. An internet outage prevented Susan Pike from writing a ...

Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-winged blackbird its scientific name, Agelaius phoenicus, in 1766. The ...

It's not a surprise, and it happens every late May to mid-July: Red-winged blackbirds acting aggressively toward humans they perceive as a threat. Don't take it personally. Red-winged blackbirds ...

I recently received an email from Tom and Helen Stetler in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The couple reported seeing several “early birds” in their yard recently, including American robins and a total of ...

Nearly every morning at this time of year, my wife and I helplessly look out from our living room window at the gluttonous creatures quickly emptying our bird feeders, which were brimming full with ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. It feels worth starting this column by acknowledging this was a weird year ...

I recently received an email from Tom and Helen Stetler in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The couple reported seeing several “early birds” in their yard recently, including American robins and a total of ...