The interplay with readers is one of the most enjoyable aspects of writing this column. Several weeks ago a reader named Laura in Asheville emailed to inquire about the identity of “a little brown ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Carolina wren investigates orange mock oyster mushrooms. It is only early March, with Old Man Winter still looming large in the ...

A Eurasian wren perches on a narrow branch with its tail raised, a characteristic posture often seen during singing. Despite ...

In late morning on a bitterly cold day this week, with the outside temperature at 26 degrees, I heard the unmistakable “teakettle, teakettle” song of a Carolina wren from somewhere in my yard in ...

Maitreya Shah heard the bird’s distinctive chirp in a nearby tree at a botanical garden in the Maryland suburbs. But he’s blind and couldn’t see it. With his arm stretched upward, he held his iPhone ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A frantic burst of bird song came from the tree line. The song jingled and ...

I may have mentioned this before, but a dear friend of mine once told me that there were only three types of birds: if it soars, it’s a hawk; if it swims, it’s a duck, and everything else are just ...

Dull in appearance but notable for its effervescent song, the house wren is a common summer inhabitant of scrublands and woodland edges throughout much of North America. Variation in plumage and call ...