Clutch size and breeding success was related to nest-box size in 215 nests of Tengmalm's owl in the Kauhava region, western Finland in 1966-82. In vole peak years, but not in other years, mean clutch ...

Many gardeners enjoy attracting wildlife to their yards by using feeders, nesting boxes or planting specific plants for them. When it comes to squirrels though, my suggestion is only to add plants to ...

THE Scottish Greens have submitted plans to require all new builds of a certain size to have nesting boxes for swifts in a bid to reverse the loss of urban bird habitats.

We evaluated the nesting ecology of Terrapene Carolina Carolina (Eastern Box Turtle) near their northern range limit in Massachusetts. We identified 34 nests in 2005 and 2006 at 4 study sites, and ...

Simon Cherriman was six years old when he first became fascinated by birds. He was lying in bed, sick with chickenpox, when a tiny silvereye flew into his window and stunned itself. "My mum brought it ...

Eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis), often referred to as “harbingers of spring,” are small — about 7 inches — cavity nesters often found near meadows. A relative of the robin, this native songbird ...

Rare and hardly seen, boobook owls will have a new place to live following the initiative of eight Lowanna College students. The students have built four nesting boxes over the past month which will ...

The difference between nesting boxes and birdhouses can be difficult to define. For example, it might seem obvious that a nesting box is somewhere for birds to nest and lay eggs, but what's a birdbox?

Abi Gazzard received funding from the People's Trust for Endangered Species and British Hedgehog Preservation Society. When large patches of woodland are swallowed by urban sprawl or when households ...

Polish design studio Nicer Design has created the Numbird collection of digit-shaped nesting boxes for small birds in urban areas. Nicer Design founder Mikołaj Nicer and his father Paweł Frej ...

Tiny native marsupials at risk because of land clearing are getting new homes thanks to an army of Victorian volunteers. The 1,000 Hollows Project — one of the largest community-driven programs of its ...