Whitebark pine trees like a good view. They grow high atop mountains in the West. So many of these trees have died in the past few decades, caused by disease and pests, that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

When it comes to attracting birds, there is a guaranteed recipe for success. Birds are attracted to a backyard that provides ...

Dead trees also provide shelter for birds, such as six types of woodpeckers, owls, chickadees, bluebirds, wrens, nuthatches ...

Winter mornings bring a special kind of magic when you spot colorful birds fluttering around your backyard feeder. Building ...

Bird feeders are great additions to the wildlife-friendly landscape, but they can be a hassle to keep clean and filled up, especially in our brutal summer months. In addition to all the fuss of ...

These plants included everything from tomatoes in the garden to field corn, dahlias and spreading petunias, to several types ...

One of the simplest examples of how plants adapt to ensure that their species survives is found in pine cones. Evergreen trees that produce cones are called conifers. There are more than 600 species ...

High in the bare branches of a tree at the edge of my meadow, a female pine warbler paused just long enough for me to take her picture. / PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

With warm weather comes migratory birds flying north to feed and raise families during long, sunny days. Controlled burns are done at the preserve to revitalize its ecosystem. The impact is tracked on ...

About a month ago, a hiker at Sand Ridge Nature Center in South Holland spotted a small creature with reddish brown fur scurrying up the trunk of a long-needled pine tree. “At first we thought it ...