Atop those telephone and power lines our feathered friends love to perch. Sometimes we see just a couple, other times flocks upon flocks gather. It kind of reminds us of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror ...

You'll be amazed at these white cardinal photos. Also see other leucistic birds, including partially albino hummingbirds, ...

Parks are closed and social distancing is the rule, but birds are still flying. They’re everywhere right now, whether returning from far-off winter homes or just coming out to find a mate. And you don ...

THE pheasant, from nesting on the ground, is peculiarly exposed to the attacks of four-footed or ground vermin, and the escape of any of the sitting birds and their eggs from foxes, polecats, ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

Times of Feast, Times of Famine: a History of Climate since the Year 1000. By Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie — It was in the late 1950s that the author of this book, then a young French economic historian ...

Hanging a bird feeder in the wrong corner of your UK garden can scare off blue tits and invite grey squirrels. Here’s how small shifts in height and distance quietly change everything. Plenty of UK ...

Birds have been plentiful in the backyard this week, and the eastern phoebe has been the most conspicuous among them. This is noteworthy because the phoebe is a very plain bird indeed. While not quite ...