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

As a major winter storm blankets New England, Bill Danielson reflects on how birds endure brutal cold, deep snow and dark ...

Discover the clever ways birds survive winter, from sunbathing and feathery insulation to behavioral and metabolic tricks that conserve heat and energy.

They called it “Snowmageddon” on TV. The first big storm of the winter of 2025-2026 and, from a certain point of view, it was a big one. Western Massachusetts received a deep coat of fresh snow and it ...

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 ...

One of the joys of winter is the absence of biting mosquitoes and black flies, stinging bees, and gardening nuisances such as ...

Research led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) sheds new light on how mountain birds adapt to changes in climate.

On winter nights, when temperatures fall far below freezing, small birds remain perched in open places that seem hostile to life. By morning, they are still there. Their survival is not dramatic and ...

Wintertime may seem like a quiet, hibernating period until you start focusing on our feathered friends. Surprisingly, there are plenty of birds soaring, skittering, and swooping in the air at this ...

My husband Charlie and I put out seed and suet year-round. We love watching the birds that come to feed on it; their presence adds so much to our enjoyment of our yard. I also make sure that there’s ...