Garden blog Happy Beaks says: “April is the perfect time to put up nest boxes for swallows, swifts and house martins, which will be arriving over the next few weeks to spend the summer in the UK.

There are no two ways about it: some slugs can be disastrous for your garden. Between eating your veggies, boring holes in ...

José María Velasco (1840-1912) has long since been regarded as Mexico’s most distinguished 19th-century painter. Despite the ...

His body was covered in thick, white down, offset by a black beak, black talons and a few ... Iceland and the British Isles—occasionally even making it as far south as Hawaii.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received a memorable ... Once in front of Johnson, the bird quickly pecks its ...

The western population is more or less resident, while the eastern one (or “oriental”) is a long ... Even British captain and adventurer T.E. Lawrence described this conspicuous bird in ...

Get to know eight types of orioles seen throughout the U.S. and what makes each of these orange and yellow birds stand out.

Gannets are evolution’s finest work as a bird sublimely adapted to hunting ... They’re the obvious choice, the pin-up of the British seabirds, all pretty beak and doleful eyes, winningly ...

There are lots of family fun days taking place across the city, as well as special events at local attractions ...

Jak Wonderly One thing that had long puzzled Burnett and his team was why, despite a 2008 law that prohibited hunters from using lead ammo within designated condor areas, the bird’s survival ...

Our outdoors columnist, David Carnduff, goes on the search for gannets off the shore of Inverclyde - though the weather didn't exactly play ...

The Black Skimmer has one of the most unique beaks in the bird world which are long, blade-like, and colourfully two-toned. The upper mandible is shorter than the lower, and both are coloured in a ...