Jim Chaffin couldn't believe his stroke of good luck a few years back when a mountain finch took up residence in a tree next to his Missoula home. "They're as rare as hen's teeth, incredibly rare," ...

Red squirrel moms know how to give their offspring an early edge in a crowded forest. New research shows the animals can speed up the growth rates of their pups to help ensure they'll be able to ...

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 ...

With writer Sue Pike away, this is a reprised edition of Nature News from August 2023. I put up my bird feeders last week and started thinking about what to do about the squirrels that usually take ...