In honor of Earth Month—and Earth Day later this week—we’re celebrating the best way we know how: with a series of stories that are all about getting outside and getting your hands dirty to benefit ...

The male wood duck is one of the most beautiful birds on Earth. We’re lucky we can see them almost any day of the week, any time of the year, in Kathryn Albertson Park. They love to hang out under the ...

Geddes, N.Y. -- A crew of community volunteers this morning are scheduled to build and install bird boxes to attract bluebirds and American kestrels (a small falcon) on the shore of Onondaga Lake as ...

Expand your carpentry skills by learning different methods of how to build a wooden box. Boxes form the heart of many types of furniture, cabinets and shelves, bins, storage crates, raised garden beds ...

Few birds, in Ohio or anywhere else, can rival the drake wood duck for sheer gaudiness. It’s as if a team of great artists was commissioned to design and color the fowl. Rodin sculpted the graceful ...

Volunteers are working across the state to make sure birds have adequate nesting opportunities. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reported 58 state parks monitored 2,600 bird boxes ...