In honor of Earth Month—and Earth Day later this week—we’re celebrating the best way we know how: with a series of stories that are all about getting outside and getting your hands dirty to benefit ...

Chipping sparrows sail in to perch regularly on the uppermost twig of one in a clump of native eastern red cedars, always a little caterpillar or bug dangling from their beaks. Then they drop down ...

A male eastern bluebird darts from its perch to the ground to capture an insect. When the light is angled just right, the feathers on the bird's back and tail flash a brilliant blue — so blue, in fact ...

A wonderful way to attract birds to your yard is to put up nest boxes for local, native species. Birds like swallows, chickadees and bluebirds nest in cavities, and nest boxes provide an artificial ...