Want to see a wider variety of birds in your backyard? Choosing the right food is key, since some, like one particular seed, ...

We spoke to an ornithologist and a wildlife expert about what suet and suet cakes are, and why they are beneficial for birds in the winter. Suet, in simplest terms, is fat. "Suet is hard fat obtained ...

Another reason for chili plants to hold back on the heat: Capsaicin is a gut irritant that can speed up digestion. If a bird ...

In the winter, birds will likely come to your bird feeder in search of energy-dense food to stay warm. This addition will ...

More than 52 million Americans feed wild birds or other wildlife around their houses, according to Bird Watching Daily. More than 80% of about 1,300 participants surveyed by Millikin University said ...

Everything to know about feeding birds in winter months, including if you need to change their food. Birds can survive winter ...

Thousands of new bird flu cases have emerged in recent months among New York flocks, including in parks and even backyard coops. The spread set off a fresh round of public health alerts among state ...

If you see a bird stumbling or leaning precariously on your porch, it's not just being clumsy — it is accidentally drunk.

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. It wasn’t until the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that ...

Starlings that forage around cattle, as in this USDA archive photo, pose more of a food safety risk than insect-eating birds on crop fields, according to new research. (USDA) There is slightly more ...

Bird flu seems to be ramping up — the US announced its first human death this week, and the highly contagious virus has spread to all 50 states. With more than 130 million birds and nearly 1,000 dairy ...