Birdfy, a nature-technology company specializing in smart backyard observation devices, today announced the release of its 2025 Backyard Wildlife Observation Report, highlighting trends in ...

Most of us picture a perfect garden as neat, trimmed, and cleared of every fallen leaf by the time winter arrives.

Winter transforms our backyards into serene, snowy landscapes, but it also poses significant challenges for local wildlife. With food sources dwindling and temperatures plummeting, many creatures ...

As September approaches, many gardeners pay less attention to the outdoors, with plans, perhaps, for planting tulip bulbs or reseeding patches of lawn as the weather turns cool. Yet, late summer and ...

For most of the last two years of his life, my dad’s connection with the outdoors was through the window at a local nursing home, but this isn’t a sad story by any means. His room faced a courtyard ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- Maryland Natural Resources officials say state residents can help battle the loss of wildlife habitat by providing food, water and shelter for birds, reptiles and other species ...

"Impressive aura for sure!" Onlooker captures stunning photo of wild predator visiting parents' backyard: 'What a treat to see one in person' first appeared on The Cool Down.

WASHINGTON — Craig Tufts, a naturalist who saw every backyard as a potential haven for wildlife, died June 21 at his home in suburban Middleburg, Va. He had brain cancer. He was 62. As chief ...

Michael and Grace Flusche were staying in a bed-and-breakfast in Washington, D.C., when they noticed a green and tan metal sign announcing that the inn's small urban yard was a Certified Wildlife ...

Inviting wildlife into your backyard can be a love-hate proposition. You love when the finches and chickadees visit your bird feeders, but wish the starlings and blackbirds would stay away. You enjoy ...

Dale Batchelor talks with visitors during an open house of their certified wildlife garden in Raleigh on Sunday, September 14, 2014. newsobserver.com To say that love bloomed between wildlife ...

DEAR JOAN: My parents love animals and would own a zoo if they were younger, able and rich. Because that’s impossible, they have settled for backyard wildlife, and enjoyment. That includes having ...