In fact, social monogamy is extremely common in birds and somewhat common in mammals, while sexual monogamy is vanishingly ...

The RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch has shown that while house sparrows are still our most common bird, followed by the blue tit, starlings have been bumped down to fourth place by the woodpigeon.

She’s far from the first person to try this, of course. But her method is equal parts silly and helpful. Instead of trying to ...

Brown shades are more common in natural environments than in cities. We suspect that brown birds are at a disadvantage in a rather grey city. The predominant colours of a city and the lack of ...

The House Sparrow topped the list for the 2025 Big Garden Birdwatch in Cumbria and in the UK as a whole. Credit: RSPB The house sparrow has topped the list in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch ...

Parrots numbered 44460 and 44461 don’t know it yet, but they’re about to meet the human species — with all the trauma that ...

From the eastern towhee to the red-breasted nuthatch, we identify birds that look like robins to point out the differences ...

It’s found throughout the natural world, but is especially common in bird poop, and can lead to a kind of meningitis that’s fatal if left untreated. Another element of realism within the show ...

It started out innocently enough. Earlier this month, Wilfrid Laurier University student Jory Harris and her roommates noticed Canada geese sitting on their front lawn. Despite one roommate’s ...

Last year, Buffalo’s Common Council voted to settle Walker’s and Boyd’s lawsuits for $4.35 million each. The Council also apologized to the men for how they were treated by Buffalo police.

Mayor Christopher Scanlon’s proposed budget would raise Buffalo’s tax levy by 8%, but would avoid layoffs or cuts to services. His spending plan, which he submitted to the Common Council on ...