From how bees see the world to what berries can teach us about the economy, these recent titles provide an infusion of ...

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In the early 20th century, ornithologist Robert Ridgway published a massive dictionary to categorize birds’ hues, from ...

Known as the Cold Moon, December’s full moon earned its name from the long, frigid nights of winter in the Northern ...

Growing colorful and distinctive North American native flowers as ground cover is a great way to attract pollinators and ...

Butterfly and moth wing color variations, long attributed to the cortex gene, are actually controlled by a microRNA, mir-193, which represses pigmentation genes. This discovery, conserved across ...

This striking picture showing a parakeet attacking a tree-climbing lizard has won a top photography award. Hira Punjabi, from ...

“When there is not enough food, or when crops get depleted through the winter, these birds will migrate (or irrupt) outside of their usual wintering grounds and into the Great Lakes region, including ...

These small conifer trees for birds provide food and refuge in all seasons. These varieties are perfect for small landscapes.

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It grows mostly in the spring under shade, even under deciduous trees. It provides cover for insects, birds, and small mammals ... and other insects are fond of its blue-purple flowers, which bloom on ...

After all, were it not for the 19th-century monarch, we might not celebrate Christmas with a well-appointed fir tree. Though people across the globe had been decorating temples and domestic ...