The research shows that even in places where birds still appear abundant, their ability to keep ecosystems functioning is ...

Birds can contribute wonderful things to the enjoyment of a landscape, such as movement, color, sounds and even pest control. The presence of birds is almost universally welcome among gardeners.

Attracting wildlife to the home landscape sounds charming, until the rabbits ruin the roses, and a young buck hones his horns on the trunk of your Honeycrisp apple. Birds, however, are gracious guests ...

Kevin J. Gutzwiller and Wylie C. Barrow, Jr. During the springs of 1995-1997, we studied birds and landscapes in the Chihuahuan Desert along part of the Texas-Mexico border. Our objectives were to ...

Transformation of intact vegetation into new kinds and configurations of human-modified habitats is a well-established driver of biodiversity loss. Following initial conversion, many human-dominated ...

Scientists have used mathematical modelling to understand why flocks of long-tailed tits segregate themselves into different parts of the landscape. Scientists from the University of Sheffield have ...