Us Brits (yes, IFLScience is British) are well-known for our love of animals, and we certainly seem to have a soft spot for our feathery friends that visit our gardens. More than half of British ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. I ran across a sweet little paper in Science recently that ...

MODERN books about British birds are legion, most of them excellent, yet the most scientific of ornithologists looks back on certain books of his boyhood with a sigh of loving regret. Such, no doubt, ...

THE fifteenth part of the new edition of what the British ornithologist fondly calls his “Yarrell” contains the final contribution of Prof. Newton to this work, and the first pages of the portion ...

FOR SOME city-dwellers there was at least one pleasing consequence of lockdown: the sharp drop in noise pollution meant that the chirps and trills of wood pigeons, sparrows, owls and finches could be ...

Garden enthusiasts are being encouraged to spice up their bird feeders with tabasco or hot sauce this spring - in a bid to support the local bird population as they prepare for breeding season. While ...

THE sound of spring was in the air in Totton when flocks of birds got together to create a colourful display. The event was Totton & District Cage Bird Society's members' show, where the cheerful ...