If it's not a safety issue, leaving a dead tree standing can provide big benefits for birds and other wildlife.

Trees of all kinds benefit birds, whether it’s providing food, shelter, nesting material, or a convenient perch. Even dead trees and snags are useful, hosting insects for food and cavities for shelter ...

Bird feeders are great additions to the wildlife-friendly landscape, but they can be a hassle to keep clean and filled up, especially in our brutal summer months. In addition to all the fuss of ...

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I’ve never calculated how much I spend each year on bird seed, but it’s considerable. I know some people who spend a lot more, who think nothing of buying big bags of two or three kinds of specialized ...

Blue ribbons tied around trees in Honolulu mark nesting sites for the manu o kū, a species of white tern that has made an ...

A mature street tree can make a house look established before a buyer ever reaches the front door. It can shade the sidewalk, ...

Known for their biodiversity richness, the Caribbean Islands are now adding two new species of bird-catcher trees to their list of botanical treasures. Commonly referred to as bird-catcher trees, the ...

When we make roads, houses or farmland, we often find large old trees in the way. Our response is often to lop off offending branches or even cut the tree down. This is a bad idea. The more we learn ...