White-tailed deer like those on Long Island have significantly expanded their range north into Canada in recent decades, so ...

Just like people stock up on groceries before a snowstorm, many birds store food ahead of time. During warmer months, they ...

But all birds have high body temperatures. The chickadee’s best trick is to go into torpor every night, a brief form of hibernation that reduces their body temperature by 20 degrees, saving energy. In ...

Feathers are of course key to their winter success – these marvels of natural engineering are almost weightless yet extremely tough and weatherproof - take that, Gore-Tex. Layers of down and contour ...

As winter lingers, lengthening days awaken red-bellied woodpeckers to song, rivalry and romance, offering a hopeful, lively ...

Learn how eastern bluebirds share bird boxes in winter, what triggers this behavior, and which other backyard birds do it too ...

Here in Bradford County, we had very cold temperatures during December and January, and then, in January, a snowstorm brought life to a standstill. Feb. 7-8 were billed as the coldest days in ten ...

Birdwatchers flock to Montréal for rare sighting of ‘vagrant’ bird that has made its home during a bitterly cold winter ...

It is firmly winter right now, and we can all feel it. The temperature is chilly, sometimes dipping into the negatives, with cold winds and plenty of snow. Living in western New York, you get used to ...

February is National Bird Feeding Month. Learn 3 simple steps—feed high-energy foods, keep water unfrozen, provide shelter—to help backyard birds through winter ...

Providing a welcoming habitat for birds in winter is as easy as planting cold-hardy trees that will provide much-needed ...

This past week’s cold temperatures definitely got low enough to damage the tropical and subtropical plants that make up our ...