A bear cruising past your yard once is kind of thrilling. A bear repeatedly visiting to tear apart garbage cans or worse is ...

Finding a snake in the garden can be a terrifying experience for many, and avoiding these slithery guests requires some ...

Ever notice how a quiet yard suddenly comes alive when birds drop by? Their visits bring color, music, and a surprising bonus ...

Michigan winter birds that visit backyard feeders include chickadees, juncos, cardinals, woodpeckers, goldfinches, and blue ...

This evergreen shrub produces pink buds, white flowers, and blue-black berries, attracting bees, butterflies, and songbirds.

Thinking of putting some gouda or brie in your birdfeeder? If you want to give your local birds some cheesy treats, just make ...

It's always pleasant to see a bird nest in one of the trees in your yard, but sometimes looks can be deceiving. You don't ...

I’m veering away from gardening this week to discuss an emerging issue concerning backyard flocks of chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese that many people in the area have. The Washington Department of ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has received two recent reports of dead birds at Lake Tapps, amid ...

A few years ago, I had an unusual request from one of my clients. My client asked me to design a landscape that would be sensitive to wildlife and attract certain birds to her yard. At the time, it ...

For years, Eric Schroeder has gathered photographs of local leucistic birds: white (or whitish) woodpeckers, hummingbirds, ...

By Bob Duchesne By Thanksgiving, I figured my local bears were done tearing up bird feeders in my neighborhood. I tentatively ...